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River Barge

Although Trier is no longer an important shipping port on the Moselle, barges still ply the river. Notice how little freeboard (distance from water to main deck) this barge has. Unquestionably fully loaded.
Trier, Germany

October 15th 2006
According to medieval legend, ‘Before Rome, Trier stood one thousand and three hundred years’. However, according to recorded history, Trier’s history begins around the middle of the first century B.C., when a guy by the name of Julius Caesar conquered Gaul (France, Belgium, Luxemburg and some portions of the Netherlands and Germany) in 51 B.C. and integrated the Moselle Region into the Rom ... read more
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