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The Hutchinson river is navigable for its final three miles. Tugs and barges and the occasional small tanker still make their way to the terminals that are still operating. The Northernmost active terminal is Sprague Energy located at 100 Canal Rd. Mount Vernon still accepts barges of heating oil, ULSD and biodiesel blends daily. The other two active docks are PASCAP which exports scrap metal, and the former Colonial Sand and Gravel dock, which accepts scows full of aggregate to make cement and asphalt.The river is suffering from neglect and although it was dredged in 2010, the northernmost section was not and is filling in with silt. Only shallow draft barges can reach Sprague at High water. The northernmost dock in the dredged project Imperior Brothers Inc, has not been able to accept a scow of aggregates since 2007 due to the silt.
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