Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...
BARNSTABLE-BROWN DIABETES CENTER. WELL, THE MCALPINE LOCKS AND DAM PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING VESSELS DOWN THE OHIO RIVER. BUT WHAT ELSE DO THEY DO? AND THIS WEEK’S ASK CARAY MORNING ANCHOR CARAY ...
After years of funding delays, the Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend over $829 million on modernizing locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River, including an infamous ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...
The lock-and-dam system through which 175 million tons of freight travels on the upper Mississippi River each year is sorely outdated, and vulnerable to failure that could have a profound effect on ...
The Old River Lock in Lettsworth, LA, which is maintained and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, re-opened to navigation Nov. 6, 2022. The lock was dewatered and shut ...
The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...
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