How the locks-and-dams system came to be on the Upper Mississippi River: • When the first European explorers came to the Upper Mississippi Valley maybe 350 years ago, the river had a braided channel ...

Some 6 million tons of commodities passed through the lock and dam along the Mississippi River in Hastings in 2023, and with navigation season at a pause, crews this winter have undertaken the ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you’ll eventually come upon a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced today that the Lock and Dam 1 open house, originally scheduled for Sept. 27, is rescheduled for Oct. 11, due to road ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — After a 20-year ...

LA CRESCENT, Minn. (WKBT) --On Saturday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allowed the public to learn how the lock and dam systems work. The Corps of Engineers hosted its annual open house at Lock and ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), said that the Wilson’s Dam main lock at the Tennessee River is expected to reopen around June 30. “This is ahead of the current ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Half a century after the final navigation lock opened the Snake River to Lewiston, Idaho, the Lower Granite Lock ...

Locks and dams need more than $100 million in critical, overdue maintenance to keep cargo moving on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, officials at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa say.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is optimistic that a damaged gate will soon be repaired at the Dardanelle Lock and Dam, located between Dardanelle and the neighboring town of ...

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 ...