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Ice Creates Hazards On Upper Miss, Illinois Waterway

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Ice Creates Hazards On Upper Miss, Illinois Waterway

January 19, 2024

Ice has vastly decreased flows on portions of the Illinois and Upper Mississippi rivers, with crews working in teams to break it up. Terry Bass, chairman of the Illinois River… Read More

Ice Season Arrives On The Rivers WJ Editorial

Ice Season Arrives On The Rivers

January 12, 2024

The winter deep freeze forecast by weather services is arriving in the heartland, and subzero conditions have begun affecting the western river basins. Ice formation could hamper river navigation and… Read More

Winter On The River The towboat Gold Shield on a wintry day at the St. Louis levee. (Keith Norrington collection)

Winter On The River

March 14, 2022

Editor’s note: Keith Norrington is retiring as Old Boat columnist for The Waterways Journal after a decade of weekly articles. His final column will appear April 4; until then, we… Read More

WJ Winter Photo Contest Photo by C.R. Neale

WJ Winter Photo Contest

February 12, 2018

C.R. Neal was judged the winner of The Waterways Journal’s Winter 2018 photo contest, with this drone photograph taken over Parkersburg, W.Va. The winning photo, taken January 6 of this year,… Read More