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Luhr Bros. Awarded $7.2 Million Contract For Habitat Restoration  Piasa Island project location map.

Luhr Bros. Awarded $7.2 Million Contract For Habitat Restoration 

August 3, 2021

The St. Louis Engineer District recently awarded a $7.2 million contract to Luhr Brothers Inc. of Columbia, Ill., to construct a Mississippi River habitat restoration project. The project is… Read More

Innovative Seepage Wall Protects Levees, Infrastructure Members of the project team for the East St. Louis seepage wall project look on as a Bauer MC-96 rig in a clamshell configuration removes subsoil on the east bank of the Mississippi River just north of downtown St. Louis. The seepage wall, due to be completed in the fall of 2022, is the largest project of its type and will protect the levee system against under-seepage. (Photo by David Murray)

Innovative Seepage Wall Protects Levees, Infrastructure

July 30, 2021

St. Louis is home to famous landmarks, many of them engineering marvels, like the Gateway Arch, Union Station and Eads Bridge. It will soon be the proud site of… Read More

Wabash Marine Closes Following Shutdown Of Coal Terminals On Green River Wabash Marine has put the mv. Timbo up for sale, following the end of the coal-barging business on the Green River.

Wabash Marine Closes Following Shutdown Of Coal Terminals On Green River

June 18, 2021

John Prine once sang about Mr. Peabody’s coal train hauling away “Paradise” down by the Green River in western Kentucky. Now, along the Green River, there is no more… Read More

Karl E. Johnson, Patricia A Christened On Kaskaskia River Southern Illinois Transfer Company christened the mvs. Karl E. Johnson and Patricia A in a June 12 ceremony on the Kaskaskia River in Evansville, Ill. (Photo by Zac Metcalf)

Karl E. Johnson, Patricia A Christened On Kaskaskia River

June 18, 2021

Humid temperatures in the 90s didn’t stop a crowd of about 100 people from attending a long-delayed double towboat christening June 12 in Evansville, a small town on the… Read More

Hard Work, Perseverance Are Keys To IMX Honoree Marko’s Success Mike Marko, center, at 8 years old on the mv. Midwest Cities. (Photo courtesy of Mike's Inc.)

Hard Work, Perseverance Are Keys To IMX Honoree Marko’s Success

May 21, 2021

It could be said that 80-year-old Mike Marko, known to many as “Sparky,”  was born with proverbial grease under his nails. Marko, the president and owner of Mike’s… Read More

Demolition Set For Former Ohio L&D 53

May 10, 2021

Blasting will begin in mid-May this year and last through late June 2022 to demolish the former Lock and Dam 53 near Olmsted, Ill. Daily blasting is… Read More

Former Lock And Dam 52 Property To Be Conveyed To Metropolis-Massac Port Authority

May 7, 2021

Former Ohio River Lock and Dam 52 property near Brookport, Ill., is being conveyed to the Metropolis-Massac Port Authority later this year. The provision was written into the… Read More

Landowner, Corps Differ Over Cause Of Erosion Near Olmsted Property owners along the Ohio River in and near Olmsted, Ill., talk to investigators from the Corps of Engineers during a site visit in June 2020. (Photo courtesy of Sandra Thornton)

Landowner, Corps Differ Over Cause Of Erosion Near Olmsted

May 4, 2021

Property owners along the Ohio River near Olmsted, Ill., and the Corps of Engineers both agree riverbank erosion is occurring, but they disagree as to its cause. Sandra… Read More

Cairo Port District Signs Labor Agreement

May 4, 2021

Developers of a port under development in Cairo, Ill., signed a project labor agreement April 27 with the Illinois AFL-CIO guaranteeing at least 500 union jobs in building it. Read More

America’s Central Port Upgrades Buildings

April 20, 2021

As part of its program of continuous improvements, America’s Central Port, located at Granite City, Ill., just north of St. Louis and across the Mississippi River, has upgraded… Read More

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