Work to salvage a barge that sank in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay has ended successfully.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that the final pieces of equipment that sank along with the barge have been recovered.
The barge was lifted to the surface in December, but several pieces of equipment had broken free when the barge flipped underwater.
The 120-foot barge sank during a winter storm in October.
It had thousands of gallons of diesel fuel onboard that had to be drained before the salvage operation could begin.
The barge was operated by a contractor hired to paint the Pell Bridge, which connects Newport to Jamestown.
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