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 ...

HASTINGS, Minnesota - The locks and dams on the Mississippi River are massive feats of engineering, nearing 100 years old. They shepherd millions of tons of goods each year, acting as water-based ...

SHARPSBURG (KDKA) -- New restrictions will begin Monday for both commercial and recreational boaters at the Allegheny River Lock and Dam 2 for much-needed repairs. The inner-walls at the more than ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will spend $732 million to expand a lock and dam system to help barges more efficiently transport millions of tons of corn, soybeans and other ...

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 ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- In a few days, people will be able to take to the waterways, and travel up and down the Fox River, around the dams, through a system of locks. The network of 17 locks stretches from ...

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 ...

KAUKAUNA – The Fox River Locks System will open Saturday, but the Menasha lock will remain closed to prevent the spread of invasive fish species. The system is scheduled to open five locks in Kaukauna ...

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 ...

The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on Saturday evenings so boaters can access downtown Appleton businesses. In ...

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 ...