A Dayton, Tenn.,-based construction crew successfully raised its barge and boom truck off the bottom of Harrison Bay this week, after unexplained circumstances led to the boat sinking and dealing minor damage to park property.
Don Campbell, park manager at Harrison Bay State Park, said crews with Crystal Springs Builders had been working at the park earlier this summer, and had a barge still floating in Harrison Bay when somehow, something caused it to sink late last week.
And the barge had a boom truck strapped to it.
When the barge went down, it turned over on its side and remained in that position, with one tip sticking out of the water, until workers with Crystal Springs – which specializes in marine construction and raising sunken boats – was able to get the barge up.
The task was made more difficult because the company boom truck was attached to the barge, and because of torrential rain received here earlier this week.