Individual rivets are knocked out; a tedious, labor intensive job.
It was this leaf that landed
on the
Jackson in 2013 after being accidently lowered onto the ship
by an intoxicated bridge operator.
Jefferson Avenue Bridge, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8728
The Jefferson Avenue bridge was built in 1922 by the Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago.
"This bridge is the only surviving example of a pony truss bascule bridge in the entire state of Michigan,"
proclaims a web site about this historic span.
Jefferson Avenue Bridge, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8730
Looking aft at the Jackson between the spans of the Jefferson Avenue bridge.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8732
Ahead in the river is the self-unloader
John G. Munson, unloading at a stone dock in the Rouge.
Like the
Jackson, the
Munson is in its final year as a steamer.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8737
Profile view of the
Munson unloading stone in the Rouge River. In recent years the
the
Munson has had a lot of steel work done in its cargo holds.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8750
The old-school, cable driven unloading boom on the
Munson.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8752
Two steamers working the Rouge River in 2015.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8757
An engine department worker stands in the gangway door watching the outbound
Jackson.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8768
The
Jackson is nearly past its biggest obstacle in the Rouge River for this trip.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-0248
Looking back as the
Jackson approaches the mouth of the Rouge River.
The original river mouth is on our left on the way out of the river.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8788
The original mouth of the Rouge River was too shallow and twisted to make navigation practical
so a short cut was dug connecting the Rouge to the Detroit River on the south side of what is now
Zug Island.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8790
My favorite spans on the Rouge are the pipeline trestles and small bascule bridge for a steel mill's railroad.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8796
The
Jackson makes the turn into the Detroit River, heading north to Marquette.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8803
One of the great steel mills at Zug Island at the mouth of the Rouge River.
Rouge River, Oct 26, 2015, Image 15-8804
