A hopper barge is a kind of non-mechanical ship or vessel that cannot move around by itself, unlike some other types of barges, that is designed to carry materials, like rocks, sand, soil and rubbish, for dumping into the ocean, a river or lake for land reclamation.
The Angara is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is the headwater tributary of the Yenisey. It is 1,849 kilometers (1,149 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 1,039,000 square kilometers.
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The amazing photos around the incredible abandoned barges were taken by a Digital Skull user. Digital Skull is an urban explorer who travels a lot and shares his captured moments with his followers.
If you’d like to see more abandoned places in Russia then check out our articles on the Soviet Tram Graveyard in Russia and the Abandoned Ordzhonikidze Sanatorium in Sochi.
