UPDATE: Barge runs aground on Three Tree Point; now removed
UPDATE: Barge runs aground on Three Tree Point; now removed
This barge was being towed around Three Tree Point on Mar. 8 when the boat towing it got swamped and lost power, causing it to run aground on the rip rap that surrounds the point. It was moved off the point this morning.
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Jerry Robinson
Tue, 03/08/2011
A small scale barge, carrying garbage ran aground on Three Tree Point Tuesday, Mar. 8. around 11:30 am One of the men towing the barge, who asked not to be identified, told the Highline Times, that the boat he was using to tow the vessel lost power, and the wind and tide did the rest.
The barge was removed and refloated early this morning, Mar. 9.
