Mighty Mississippi: Numbers
CNHI News Service
Numbers
2,350: Miles of Mississippi River from north woods of Minnesota to Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.
195 feet: Length of standard barge on Mississippi. The standard width is 35 feet. The barge carries about 1,500 tons of cargo. Some newer barges are 290 feet long and 50 feet wide and hold double the capacity.
10,000: Horsepower of each towboat engine used to move a barge up and down the river.
300 million: Tons of bulk goods shipped on the Mississippi every year.
400,000: Number of workers who make a living on the river’s transportation system.
400 million: Tons of mud and silt dumped into the Gulf of Mexico every year by flow from the Mississippi and its tributaries.
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