Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...

ALANSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) fully restored operations Wednesday morning, July 5, to the Crooked River Lock in Alanson. Specialized lock and dam maintainers ...

The lock was plagued by mechanical issues last year that caused closures and required critical maintenance repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “We had been working with the Army Corps of ...

Efforts to repair and reopen the Willamette Falls navigational locks in Clackamas County took a step back when the Legislature ended the 2025 lawmaking session without passing a bill that would have ...

A 100-foot-wide navigation channel was opened Thursday at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District. Commercial vessels will now be able to pass through ...

ALANSON, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Crooked River Lock in Emmet County is a critical passageway for boaters. The lock connects a 36-mile inland waterway system and brings tourists to the Alanson-area.

Boaters said they were relieved to be able to cruise again after it was announced that a lock would soon reopen. Baits Bite Lock, on the River Cam at Milton, just north of Cambridge, has been closed ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...