2nd Crane Barge Coming up the Merrimack River (Video)

This video was shot on  a very windy day. The wind buffeting noise is very noticeable on the audio track. The wind also made holding the camera steady a challenging task. It took a good hour to bring the crane barge up the mouth of the Merrimack River to the Salisbury jetty construction site. The video is composed a series of edited clips highlighting the key details and events. Once the barge was inside the mouth of the river between the two jetties, the barge stopped briefly and the boom of the crane was raised. The barge continued on being pushed by the large white & blue tugboat. A smaller white tug followed along ready to assist if necessary. Once the barge neared the beach along the construction site, the barge was turned 90 degrees to the right. The white tug was positioned to prevent the barge from turning too far to the right. The small blue tug boat is also visible in some shots. It remained on standby. The barge was finally beached in about 2 feet of water.

This is the first of three barge videos.