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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Re me m b e r i ng the Past
After Tropical Storm Colin went through the area last week, the Engine 3 crew with the Fire
Rescue Division of the Citrus County Sheriff's Office helped a resident whose home was dam-
aged during the storm. Firefighters used heavy-duty plastic to cover the hole in the roof and
In a previous Newscaster history we showed this dragline walking under the power lines through
protect an area where the home lost siding. The homeowner was extremely thankful and
the woods to the barge canal construction property from the south side of the Withlacoochee
impressed that the crew checked on him Monday night (June 6), then returned the following
River opposite the Inglis Steam Plant. This picture from February 1965 shows the tug pulling
morning to do what they could to prevent further damage to the home. Pictured are firefighter
the barge loaded with the dragline past the boat ramp at the end of Hwy 40 W Yankeetown up
Eric Ramer and driver engineer Stephen Burnett.
the Withlacoochee River to be off loaded for that walk. The dragline weighed 200 tons with an
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eighty foot boom and an eight cubic yard bucket. Notice the 1961 date on the boat ramp and
the fact that at that time it was a single launch ramp. History by Sally Price.
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