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Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration

April 1, 2022

Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted annually by… Read More

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022 A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022

April 1, 2022

Demolition at the former Ohio River locks and dams 52 and 53 in southern Illinois is expected to be complete by the end of the year. While landside demolition was… Read More

Bonneville Lock Work Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Bonneville Lock Work

March 30, 2022

The Portland Engineer District recently released a video showing some of the work performed during a recent closure of Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. During the closure, the lock… Read More

Corps Discusses Plans For 1,200-Foot Chamber Construction At Lock & Dam 25

March 8, 2022

The Corps of Engineers project team in charge of the Lock & Dam 25 construction is moving ahead, while reconfiguring its plans now that it has full funding. Mike Feldman,… Read More

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships

March 4, 2022

Officials with the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, first noticed something wrong at the structure in late October… Read More

Closures Announced For Norrell, Hardin Locks On MKARNS In 2022

February 24, 2022

The Little Rock Engineer District reports that Norrell Lock (Lock 1) and Joe Hardin Lock (Lock 3) on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) are scheduled for closures during… Read More

Major Delays Expected With Upper Ohio Lock Closures

February 18, 2022

The Corps of Engineers-Pittsburgh District will begin the first of two major lock closures this week that are expected to cause major delays on the Upper Ohio River for the… Read More

‘Ice Hydro Team’ Helps Keep Pittsburgh Rivers Safe

Ice forms on the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 25. Ice is a recurring concern in the winter for industries that rely on navigation to transport commodities. To get ahead of navigation impacts, the Ice Hydro Committee is composed of members from the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers, National Weather Service, the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh and other stakeholders. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

‘Ice Hydro Team’ Helps Keep Pittsburgh Rivers Safe

February 18, 2022

A collaborative team of government and industry professionals helps prepare for ice and high water in the Pittsburgh, Pa., region before it happens. Known as the Ice Hydro Committee, its… Read More

Elected Officials Visit Dewatered Lock 15 Elected representatives, Corps officials, media and guests stand on the bottom of Lock 15 during a tour January 26. (Photo by Paul Rohde)

Elected representatives, Corps officials, media and guests stand on the bottom of Lock 15 during a tour January 26. (Photo by Paul Rohde)

Elected Officials Visit Dewatered Lock 15

February 4, 2022

Federal and local elected officials from Iowa and Illinois, media and guests got the rare opportunity to stand on Mississippi River bedrock and see (and, for some, crawl into) the… Read More

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock

February 4, 2022

With more than 97 percent of the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated to the full funding of the Montgomery Locks construction work,… Read More