Officials waiting for river levels to come down before removing barges from Ohio River WPXI [Video]

PITTSBURGH — Seven barges are still at the Emsworth Locks and Dam. There’s one other barge that hasn’t been located, but the company that owns the barges believes it’s somewhere between Emsworth and Dashfields, which are separated by about six miles.

“We haven’t started any recovery yet,” said Alan Nogy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District locks and dams operations project manager. “We’re still in the planning phase.”

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It’s still not clear when eight barges will be moved from the Emsworth and Dashields Dams. There’s also a barge that’s stuck along a tree line, which you can see from Route 65.

“The river needs to cooperate,” Nogy said. “We need the levels to continue to come down.”

That’s what Campbell Transportation, the company that owns and operates the barges, is also waiting for. They believe they’ve located …