POWW's
Great
Miami River Sweep 2007
Photo Gallery
July 14, 2007 |
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On
July 14, 2007, Protect Our Water Ways (POWW)
conducted a river sweep of a 16-mile section of the Great Miami
River from the southern part of Sidney through the City of
Piqua. This river sweep was the 4th annual event conducted
by POWW. POWW is a group established in 2004 by Piqua's
Jeff Lange to help protect and clean the waterways in this area.
Volunteers
manned canoes and others
volunteers walked along the banks of the river. In
addition, volunteers drove trucks to haul the trash away.
The "numbers" from 2007 sweep include: 138 volunteers,
16 miles of shore line, 5 pick-up trucks, 2 dump trucks, 1 crane,
1 4-wheeler, 1 Gator, 193 tires and 20,000 pounds of trash!
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If
You Can't Get it on the Canoe...
Roll With It! |
Jerry
(Crane Operator) at
Lavy Concrete |
On
the Great Miami River
Under Vandemark Bridge |
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| Lavy
Concrete Crane Lifts a Car Door at East Lockington Road Bridge |
Big
Job ... Big Tool! |
At
East Lockington Road Bridge |
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| "B"
Crew Getting it Done |
"D"
Crew Canoers -
Just Past the Main Street Bridge |
One
Canoe Full and
Working on the Other |
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2007
POWW T-Shirt & Award
for Most Unusual Find ..
Dead Roosters |
Aaron,
Jerry and Terry of
Lavy Concrete at Work |
"A"
Crew Getting Ready |
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| Tires
from Friday Clean in Sidney |
A
Cleaner River! |
Under
the I-75 Bridge -
Looking Up River |
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| "A"
Crew Finds |
Full
Dumpster for the "A" Crew |
City
Dump Truck Full |
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| Lock
Nine Park - Site of "D" Crew Walkers Finish and Lunch |
City
Crews Picking Up Trash Along River |
City
Police Trailer Full |
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| Looking
for Trash on River Bank |
"C"
Crew Lunch at Finish Area (Route 66 Roadside Park) |
Captain
Bill |
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Tired
Volunteers at the
End of the Day |
Along
the River Shoreline |
Great
Miami River |
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| "C"
Crew |
"C"
Crew Launch at Piqua-Lockington Road |
I-75
Bridge Dumpster -
Good Job by the "A" Crew |
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| "D"
Crew Canoes Loaded Up on the Trailer |
Removed
from the River |
Police
Department Hard at Work |
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| "D"
Crew Team Photo |
Captain
Joe and Volunteers |
Most
Unusual Find Winner ..
Computer Monitor |
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