Final Work on the South Jetty

The Army Corp was apparently unsatisfied with the additional work on the tip of the South Jetty which is on the Plum Island side of the mouth of the Merrimack River. Additional stone was added to the tip by one of the cranes still on site. By this point the blue and white tug boats had been taken out of the water and loaded onto a crane barge. A different tug, presumably the one sent to move the crane barges from the river to their next destination was used to maneuver the barge for this work. The stones had been loaded directly onto the deck of the crane barge.

A short video of the crane placing stones on the tip of the South Jetty.

North Jetty is on the left, South Jetty on the right.

Another tug was used for this project because the other two had already been taken out of the water.

crane swings around ...

Grabs a stone off the deck of the barge ...

Close-up of the grapple grabbing a stone

Swings the stone over to the South Jetty