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Surfs Up? You Can Go on An Island Getaway Without Leaving Iowa
Iowa! What, we have islands. Well,
an island anyway. If you re not already aware, Iowa does in fact have an actual island city:
Sabula.
Sabula is an island, but it didn t use to be
Sabula was not an actual island until the lock and dam system was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers on the upper Mississippi in 1939, according to a story from the Island City Harbor. The construction of Lock and Dam Number 13 between Clinton, Iowa, and Fulton, Illinois permanently flooded. That essentially created what is now the small island town of Sabula.
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Tugboat sinks near Olmsted Locks and Dam
Tugboat sinks near Olmsted Locks and Dam By Marsha Heller | December 28, 2020 at 5:47 AM CST - Updated December 28 at 6:56 AM
PULASKI COUNTY, IIl. (KFVS) - The U.S. Coast Guard was contacted to help crew members aboard a sinking tugboat on Sunday, December 27.
The Coast Guard got the call at 8:38 p.m. to respond to the vessel on the Ohio River at the 963 mile marker near Olmsted Locks and Dam. This is near the Old Lock and Dam Number 53, which is at the 964 mile marker.
According to the Coast Guard, three crew members were aboard the tug which was taking on water. They were rescued by a crew from the Locks and Dam before the tug sank.