The Tarascon at the Louisville waterfront in the 1870s. For a contract cost of $40,900, the beautiful sidewheeler Tarascon was constructed on a wooden hull (250 feet in… Read More
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The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fuel oil discharge earlier this month on the Mississippi River near Gramercy, La. On January 4 just before 8:30 a.m., Coast… Read More
The packet Ben Hur at the Powhatan Point, Ohio, landing. (Keith Norrington collection) The sternwheel packet Ben Hur was built by the Knox Boat Yard at Harmar (Marietta), Ohio,… Read More
The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredge Association (WEDA) joined forces with the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) to host a Gulf Coast industry… Read More
The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredge Association (WEDA) joined forces with the the Society of American Military Engineers to host a Gulf Coast industry day November 7 to… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Another stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded and avoid a shutdown again postponed decisions on a number of major spending issues for the remaining eight months… Read More
David Grapes is retiring from Patterson Company as its president after 36 years of service. David Grapes, who has led Patterson Company out of Pittsburgh, Pa., for 36… Read More
Conrad Breit, third generation of the well-known Hjalmar Breit family of surveyors, died unexpectedly at home, reportedly from a seizure, December 10. A resident of Destrehan, La., he… Read More
A record number of guests attended the Seamen’s Church Institute’s (SCI) 18th annual River Bell Awards Luncheon this year to honor selected individuals for their contributions to the inland… Read More
A hydrologist at Louisiana State University (LSU) presented research at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in New Orleans, La., earlier this month on how sedimentation near the… Read More
