Mississippi at St. Louis

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It's not pretty -- it's a working river. Walked this morning along the River Front Trail and grabbed a few snaps as I went.

First photo the David Bangert is a harbor work boat. In the background you can see the Andrew Cannava pushing a load of empties into the canal headed for the lock.

Second photo is the Merchants Bridge built by the St. Louis Merchants Exchange in 1889. The 2nd and 3rd bridges to cross the Mississippi are both in St. Louis and both still in daily use. The Eads bridge is 155 years old and this bridge is 135 years old.

Third photo is an ADM grain depot and the fourth photo is looking south toward the McKinley Bridge -- the rusty pipes are the remnants of some long ago structure. Fuji X-T2 w/18-55mm

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We dont have rivers that wide here, i like the train yard shot.
 
Like the last shot. I need to walk down to river someday, I'm really close being by 55 and Broadway.
 
I like all of them. The bridge is great. Yes - the Mississippi is a working river, and we'd be a different country if we hadn't had it. I have literally 95 year old Brownie snapshots of my grandparents picnicking along those shorelines outside of St. Louis.

It's an amazing place. Great set of images!
 
I like all of them. The bridge is great. Yes - the Mississippi is a working river, and we'd be a different country if we hadn't had it. I have literally 95 year old Brownie snapshots of my grandparents picnicking along those shorelines outside of St. Louis.

It's an amazing place. Great set of images!
The Mississippi is unique in all the world of rivers as it's headwaters are a mere 1475 feet above sea level. We build skyscrapers taller than that. This made the Mississippi one of the most navigable rivers in the world. The last lock on the river is just a few hundred yards up from that bridge in the 2nd photo. From there the Mississippi flows free to the Gulf. Ocean going ships come up the river to Baton Rouge and could go farther except Huey Long built a bridge there the stop them.
 
I liked them all, the sky/clouds makes them unique for me.
 

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