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We Work The Waterways Uses Hands-On Activities To Teach Safety, Stewardship

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We Work The Waterways Uses Hands-On Activities To Teach Safety, Stewardship

October 16, 2026

Safety and environmental stewardship are key parts of We Work The Waterways’ efforts to introduce students to careers on and around the nation’s waterways. The organization hosts Maritime… Read More

Great Rivers Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary Col. Andy Pannier, commander of the St. Louis Engineer District, gives remarks during the 20th anniversary celebration for the Great Rivers Museum at Melvin Price Locks and Dam at Alton, Ill. (Photos courtesy of George Stringham, St. Louis Engineer District)

Col. Andy Pannier, commander of the St. Louis Engineer District, gives remarks during the 20th anniversary celebration for the Great Rivers Museum at Melvin Price Locks and Dam at Alton, Ill. (Photos courtesy of George Stringham, St. Louis Engineer District)

Great Rivers Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary

November 21, 2023

Officials and well-wishers gathered on an unseasonably warm autumn day November 4 at Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., to celebrate the National Great Rivers Museum’s … Read More

Tour Shows Close Connections Between Navigation, Ecosystem A deckhand has to halt the progress of the tow’s first cut of barges through Lock and Dam 25, described as one of the most difficult and dangerous parts of the double-locking process. (Photo by John Shoulberg)

A deckhand has to halt the progress of the tow’s first cut of barges through Lock and Dam 25, described as one of the most difficult and dangerous parts of the double-locking process. (Photo by John Shoulberg)

Tour Shows Close Connections Between Navigation, Ecosystem

August 12, 2022

A group of invited guests recently spent two days in the St. Louis area on a media tour organized by Debra Calhoun, Waterways Council Inc.’s senior vice president. Calhoun… Read More