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Pictures Of 2022 The trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks hits the water at Eastern Shipbuilding group’s Allanton Shipyard. The dredge, a sister to the Magadalen, is being built for Weeks Marine. (Photo courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding)

The trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks hits the water at Eastern Shipbuilding group’s Allanton Shipyard. The dredge, a sister to the Magadalen, is being built for Weeks Marine. (Photo courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding)

Pictures Of 2022

December 16, 2022

The Waterways Journal presents some of our favorite photos from 2022. Please click on the slideshow below…. This content is for One Year – Print and Digital, Two Years… Read More

SCI’s Christmas Gift Box Program Brings In More Than 11,000 Hats, Scarves Paducah Tilghman High School Navy Junior ROTC students pack boxes for the Christmas on the River portion of Seamen’s Church Institute’s Christmas at Sea program and load them into a trailer for later distribution to towboat companies. (Photo by Bonny Shirk)

Paducah Tilghman High School Navy Junior ROTC students pack boxes for the Christmas on the River portion of Seamen’s Church Institute’s Christmas at Sea program and load them into a trailer for later distribution to towboat companies. (Photo by Bonny Shirk)

SCI’s Christmas Gift Box Program Brings In More Than 11,000 Hats, Scarves

November 24, 2022

The last of more than 11,000 knitted and crocheted hats and scarves will be packed up with hand-made Christmas cards within the next week as part of the “Christmas on… Read More

ERL Open House Returns To Channelview, Texas ERL/Law Valve of Texas

ERL Open House Returns To Channelview, Texas

November 23, 2022

November 3 marked the return of an in-person ERL Inc. open house event, previously canceled due to COVID restrictions in 2020 and 2021. The annual event—held at shop headquarters in… Read More

The Silent Killer: You Can Help Fix This With Proper Diet And Exercise Grilled romaine with heart-healthy salad dressing.

The Silent Killer: You Can Help Fix This With Proper Diet And Exercise

November 21, 2022

If you or someone you know has high blood pressure, there are ways to lower it. Having high blood pressure means your heart must work harder to pump blood through… Read More

Low River Reveals Hidden Treasures This wreck, exposed by the low water, is probably the remains of the ferry Brookhill, which sank at Baton Rouge in 1915. (Photo courtesy of P.J. Hahn

This wreck, exposed by the low water, is probably the remains of the ferry Brookhill, which sank at Baton Rouge in 1915. (Photo courtesy of P.J. Hahn

Low River Reveals Hidden Treasures

October 31, 2022

With the Mississippi River dipping below low water marks not seen in decades, many people who live beside it are seizing the opportunity to venture along the river’s ever-growing batture… Read More

Fall Is Here And The Deer Are Near Deer tips and gravy.

Fall Is Here And The Deer Are Near

October 20, 2022

Well, it is that time of year when you see blazing orange and camouflage colors. No, not Halloween, it is deer season. Deer season typically starts in early September and… Read More

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

Larry the Lock is a children’s book written and illustrated by Ashley Daugherty to illustrate the work locks perform on the river within the district. Daugherty has always had a love for art and reading. While pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, she had the chance to work as an intern at the Pittsburgh Engineer District. Daugherty wanted to make the mission of a lock more understandable, especially to children. (Illustration by Ashley Daugherty)

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

September 30, 2022

Thanks to the work of a Pittsburgh Engineer District intern, children are being introduced to an old lock by a new name: Larry the Lock. The lock, known to adults… Read More

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah A St. Mary High School student practices throwing a line as part of a station sponsored by Maritime Throwdown. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

A St. Mary High School student practices throwing a line as part of a station sponsored by Maritime Throwdown. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Who Works The Rivers Visits Paducah

September 23, 2022

More than 150 juniors and seniors from five western Kentucky high schools had their chance to learn about the river industry at RiverWorks Discovery’s Who Works The Rivers event September… Read More

Watch Your Budget With The Rising Costs Of Groceries Pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw.

Watch Your Budget With The Rising Costs Of Groceries

September 22, 2022

Oh my gosh! Groceries are outrageous! As with most places, we have a budget to follow when purchasing groceries for the boat. Beef, pork and chicken seem like they have… Read More

Long-Distance Paddler Returns To Paducah Long-distance canoeist Neal Moore brings a kayak to shore at the Paducah, Ky., riverfront on August 17 after a brief paddle around Owens Island at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers with Jeff Canter of the Tennessee Riverline initiative. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Long-distance canoeist Neal Moore brings a kayak to shore at the Paducah, Ky., riverfront on August 17 after a brief paddle around Owens Island at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers with Jeff Canter of the Tennessee Riverline initiative. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Long-Distance Paddler Returns To Paducah

September 19, 2022

Long-distance paddler Neal Moore returned to Paducah, Ky., recently to speak about his 7,500-mile canoe trip in 2020-21 across 22 rivers from the West to East coasts. Ken Wheeler, retired… Read More

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