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 ...

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 ...

HASTINGS, Minnesota - The locks and dams on the Mississippi River are massive feats of engineering, nearing 100 years old. They shepherd millions of tons of goods each year, acting as water-based ...

PORTLAND — Annual inspections and maintenance on three navigation locks along the Columbia River will shut down commerce for two weeks beginning March 2. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts said they will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia-Snake River System for an annual inspection, ...

ALANSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) fully restored operations Wednesday morning, July 5, to the Crooked River Lock in Alanson. Specialized lock and dam maintainers ...

Record snowfall is now catching up with several states as snowmelt starts to flood rivers. A big concern right now is the upper Mississippi River. It’s not expected to crest in parts of Wisconsin and ...

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 ...

ALANSON, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Crooked River Lock in Emmet County is a critical passageway for boaters. The lock connects a 36-mile inland waterway system and brings tourists to the Alanson-area.

Efforts to repair and reopen the Willamette Falls navigational locks in Clackamas County took a step back when the Legislature ended the 2025 lawmaking session without passing a bill that would have ...

A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through ...

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 ...