Minneapolis -- Barge Breaks Mississippi Ice to Assure Needed Fuel Shipments -- The towboat Cairo pushes plow-equipped barge down Mississippi river to clear a channel for a string of three barge tows bringing coal to the Twin Cities area, sorely in need of more fuel because of the early winter. In Lake Pepin yesterday, the ice breaker cut through ice up to 16 inches thick. It will lead the tows on their upstream trip.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1948]

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