DEM: Removal of sunken barge in Providence River to begin this week

REMOVAL OF THE 113-foot-long sunken barge in the Providence River is slated to begin this week, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Monday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

PROVIDENCE – Removal of the 113-foot-long sunken barge in the Providence River is slated to begin this week, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management announced Monday. Weighing in at 150 tons, the barge sank into the river by the end of Public Street in South Providence during a severe nor’easter in 2017, leaving the structure

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