Twin City Photos

Lock and Dam #1, the first in a series spanning the upper Mississippi. Also known as the Ford Dam around this area, as the power plant across the river used to be owned by Ford Motor Company, which has a plant up above. The plant manufacturers the Ford Ranger series of trucks. Unfortunately it is on the short list of plants Ford has been planning to close.

Just a few days ago the body of a college student was recovered here. He had disappeared about a month ago walking home late at night after a party in the area, last heard on his cell phone exclaiming ‘I’m slipping…’. The search had been going on ever since. The Mississippi sure has taken it’s share of lives this winter.

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