Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Kanawha use a capstan to haul in a 1,500-pound cement block during buoy operations along the Mississippi River for a trip resetting aids to navigation in anticipation to a rise in the river, Nov. 18, 2015. Coast Guard river tenders consistently maintain aids to navigation along 14,000 miles of rivers as they rise and fall throughout the year. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally.
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