Bin Wall

The photos that Ameren posted recently included two photos of a bin wall. I had an email asking what was a "bin wall" This is a dam like structure, composed of a series of steel bins (boxes) that are filled with rocks. This bin wall is located about a mile south of the shut-ins and just before the intake canal that goes to the Taum Sauk generators. The purpose of the bin wall is to keep gravel and rocks from washing into the lower reservoir. Needless to say, a lot of gravel, rocks and trees washed up against the bin wall December 14 and these photos are of work that cleaned out the area around the bin wall.