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Olmsted Locks and Dam

Chapman Retires After Productive Operations Career The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam became fully operational in August 2018. The Louisville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently won a top 10 national award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the project.

Chapman Retires After Productive Operations Career

January 7, 2022

Bill Chapman could have retired years ago, but he wasn’t done making a difference. Bill Chapman Chapman, 62, of Crestwood, Ky., said before he left his job as… Read More

Crews Replace First Olmsted Wickets Right: A three-sided dive reflector box blocks the river flow and lowers the water level inside the box, allowing divers to work on two wickets at a time. (Photo by by Abby Korfhage/Louisville Engineer District)

Crews Replace First Olmsted Wickets

November 12, 2021

Louisville Engineer District employees replaced the first five wickets at the Olmsted Locks and Dam this year amid a season that saw them raising the wicket dam a record… Read More

Olmsted Project Demolition Phase Continues Miter gates are removed from the former Locks and Dam 53 in December 2019. (Photo courtesy Louisville Engineer District)

Olmsted Project Demolition Phase Continues

July 2, 2021

Blasting at the former Dam 52 on the Ohio River near Brookport, Ill., is complete, with demolition at the former Dam 53 to begin within the next couple… Read More

Rock Island District Christens Towing Vessel The Quincy was previously the Gordon M. Stevens in the Louisville District.

Rock Island District Christens Towing Vessel

May 7, 2021

The Rock Island Engineer District christened the mv. Quincy at the Clat Adams Bicentennial Park in Quincy, Ill., April 30. Several hundred members of the public attended the ceremony,… 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

What Really Is ‘Deferred Maintenance’?

March 24, 2021

The recent release of the “Infrastructure Report Card” by the American Society of Civil Engineers saw the inland waterways category bumped up to D+ from a straight D… Read More

ASCE: Infrastructure Grade ‘Improves’ To C-

ASCE: Infrastructure Grade ‘Improves’ To C-

March 5, 2021

“For the first time in 20 years, our infrastructure is out of the D range.” So proclaimed the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which released its… Read More

Crew Uninjured After Boat Sinks Near Olmsted

December 31, 2020

Three crew members escaped injury when the mv. Betsy Wepfer sank December 27 just upstream from Olmsted Locks and Dam. The Coast Guard was notified at 8:38 p.m. Read More

Elections Over, Looking Ahead To WRDA WJ Editorial

Elections Over, Looking Ahead To WRDA

November 20, 2020

Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.) gave a video presentation at this year’s Waterways Symposium November 12, one day after she learned that she had been nominated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi… Read More

Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association Holds Virtual Seminar

August 15, 2020

Members of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (GICA) and stakeholders of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) gathered around their respective computers and smart devices August 6 for the… Read More

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