A brief lowering of high water allowed salvage teams to retrieve the sixth of nine sunken barges at McAlpine Dam before the water rose again, suspending operations. The barges were… Read More
Louisville Engineer District
Salvage activity to remove coal barges that sunk at or near McAlpine Dam was suspended January 22 because of high water, according to Katy Newton, public affairs spokesperson for the… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard accepted a salvage plan developed by salvors Big River Salvage and McKinney Salvage to retrieve barges pinned against the McAlpine… Read More
Mulzer Crushed Stone Inc. is applying to the Louisville Engineer District for permits to expand two adjacent fleeting areas on the right descending bank of the Ohio River. One proposal… Read More
The Olmsted Locks and Dam Replacement Project, formally inaugurated on August 30, is already being put to work. Lock managers began raising wickets the next day in order to build… Read More
In front of a crowd of about 250 elected officials, contractors and industry supporters, the Corps of Engineers formally dedicated Olmsted Locks and Dam on the lower Ohio River August… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District has notified the River Industry Executive Task Force that given the current conditions, dive operations are likely to begin early this week at Lock and Dam… Read More
Ivy Marine, based in the Mobile, Ala., area, tackled a big job with a pair of smaller towboats earlier this month, when the company moved the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
May 21 was the Louisville Propeller Club’s Maritime Day Ceremony. The “Laying of the Wreath” honoring sailors and rivermen who have lost their lives in service of the nation’s waterways,… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District announced that the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Olmsted Locks and Dam Project will be held August 29 at the project site. The $2.7 billion project on… Read More
