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Crews Replace First Olmsted Wickets

Locks and Dams

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 10… Read More

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

For close to 80 years, LD 559 raised and lowered the timber wickets at Lock & Dam 52, near Brookport, Illinois. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking for someone to take possession of the boat for a historical display. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

Free To A Good Home: 1938 Wicket Dam Maneuvering Boat

April 10, 2020

The Louisville Engineer District is looking for a home for a historic, steam-powered maneuvering boat. LD 559 was put in service in 1938 as a maneuvering boat at Lock 52,… Read More

Olmsted Wicket Lifter Training Continues, Dedication Planned August 29 Corps employees continue training with and testing the new wicket lifter Keen at Olmsted Locks and Dam. The equipment will allow the Corps to lift the wickets at the dam and hold pool for safer navigation.

Corps employees continue training with and testing the new wicket lifter Keen at Olmsted Locks and Dam. The equipment will allow the Corps to lift the wickets at the dam and hold pool for safer navigation.

Olmsted Wicket Lifter Training Continues, Dedication Planned August 29

June 22, 2018

Louisville Engineer District personnel are continuing to test new equipment that will raise the wickets at Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Olmsted, Ill. The wicket lifter… Read More

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