A Mississippi River historian has been drawing attention in the Twin Cities region to a buried concrete cutoff wall, 140 years old, that has been protecting St. Anthony Falls. Read More
St. Paul Engineer District
The St. Paul Engineer District, in partnership with Minnesota’s Ramsey County, awarded a $14.7 million contract June 25 to LS Marine Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., to restore… Read More
The Mississippi Valley Engineer Division recently selected George Stringham, deputy public affairs chief for the St. Paul Engineer District, as the division’s public affairs officer of the year. Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District recently awarded a $2.4 million contract to Water Works Dock & Boat Lifts Inc. of Stoddard, Wis., to repair a Mississippi River habitat restoration… Read More
On March 19, the St. Paul Engineer District reported the opening of the 2021 navigation season when the mv. R. Clayton McWhorter pushed 12 barges through Lock and Dam… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District and the Prairie Island Indian Community signed a project partnership agreement February 25 for an environmental improvement project on the Mississippi River. The project… Read More
Lock and Dam 4 on the Upper Mississippi River in Alma, Wis., saw on average about 6,000 loaded barges per year pass through over the past five years, with… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is donating three acres of historic riverfront property to the city of Minneapolis. The land sits behind the lock and dam at Upper… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District locked its last tow, two empty barges pushed by the mv. the Colonel, through Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, Minn., to end the… Read More
The Corps of Engineers decided in 2015 to permanently close down the upper and lower locks at the St. Anthony Falls, on the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis,… Read More
