USACE Anacostia River dock upgrades enhance environmental rehabi
Chuck Hire, a Marine Technologies, Inc. pilings supervisor, radios for assistance during construction modifications of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District’s, DC Drift field office dock’s alongside the Anacostia River, Jan 18, 2022. The upgrades will allow ample parking space to accommodate the newly arriving NACOTCHTANK Floating Crane. The NACOTCHTANK, affectionately named after the semi-agrarian band of Algonquian tribe members who lived at the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers confluence for over 1,000 years, is an 85-foot crane barge equipped with a 15-ton crane. (U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash)