NORWALK — A 140-foot barge stuck across the Norwalk River since Saturday is now out of the way, a city official said. Harbor Master Bruce Lovallo said a tugboat pulled the barge away at approximately ...
There are several sizes of barges, but the most common, the jumbo hopper barge, is 35 feet wide and 195 feet long. It can hold 1,400 tons of cargo -- as much as 60 semi-trailer trucks or 15 rail cars.