| I
saw a lot of barge traffic going up and down the Ohio River. There
can be as many as 12 barges linked together being pushed by a powerful
little tug boat. Commodities such as coal, grain and chemicals can
be transported economically this way. There are dams and locks
spaced along the river to raise or lower the barges during their
journey. The Ohio river serves manufacturers and farmers from
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, eastern and southern Ohio, southern Indiana
and Illinois and northern Kentucky. |
Toledo,
Ohio, at the western end of Lake Erie, is a busy industrial hub.
There is a port there to handle lake shipping. There is also a Jeep
manufacturing plant there and other automobile plants in the area. I.80
and I.75 cross paths in Toledo. The tanks above marked Port of Toledo, are for
storing agriculture-related chemicals, I believe. |
There is
a large concentration
of truck stops and motel at the junction of I.80
and I.280 east of Toledo. One of the travel centers is a Flying J. A small
stream separates the Flying J travel center building from the truck
parking lot. Following a bout of heavy rain, the stream over-flowed and
half the parking area became a foot-deep lake. I found a dry spot
to park in. |
| Mount
Vernon, Ohio, at the junction of Rtes. 36 and 13. I delivered screens to
a window factory here. |
Flowery
intersection on Rte. 42 north of Cincinnati. |
Ice-coated
branches following a winter storm across north-central Ohio. This is in
Ruggles, Ohio. |
