because it would lower the water level behind the existing lock and dam system. Enacted in December 2016, the WIIN Act allowed the Corps to demolish the aging lock and dam as long as it was replaced ...

Lock and Dam 7, near La Crescent ... The new anchorages will help ensure the lock system continues to provide safe, reliable navigation to shippers throughout the Upper Midwest.

Whether St. Paul’s Lock and Dam No. 1 will be removed is still uncertain as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues its research into the lock and dam near the old Ford factory. Locks and dams hold ...

He explained the lock and dam system is what's keeping the river to business as usual. "The nation has been directed to keep it at a nine foot navigation channel, so it really hasn't had any major ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently awarded an $18 million contract to G&G Steel, Inc., of Russellville, Alabama, for the fabrication of new miter gates at Lock and Dam 3 ...

non-motorized boaters have been portaging around the lock and dam system through temporary or makeshift portages often made by the boaters for one season. Existing portages are muddy, rugged paths ...

The system of dams later provided a constant flow of water which flushed the river channel and alleviated these problems. Cause for celebration At noon on July 28, 1903, when lock and dam No. 1 ...

During the visit, Underwood toured the lock and dam system and discussed the system's vital role in the transportation of agricultural products such as corn, soybeans, grain, and other goods ...

Landowners are speaking up over a proposed drainage improvement project for Toad Suck Lock and Dam Bridge that they ... of ...

Ariel view of Melvin Price Locks and Dam from the Missouri side. The parking area that will be closed for construction staging can be seen on the right side of the photo. U.S. Army Corps of ...