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Here’s how the locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist

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AgWeb

Flooding Shuts Down Locks on Upper Mississippi River, Stops Movement of Product Up and Down the River

Record snowfall is now catching up with several states as snowmelt starts to flood rivers. A big concern right now is the upper Mississippi River. It’s not expected to crest in parts of Wisconsin and ...
ABC Kcrg 9

Flooding closing locks on Mississippi River

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - The Army Corps of Engineers announced more locks and dams are now closed along the Mississippi River amid flooding. The lock in Dubuque and Fulton, Illinois closed Friday.
AOL

A barge, a bulkhead and $3.3 million: How the Mississippi River's locks and dams stay in ship shape

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 ...
Quad-City Times

Corps of Engineers closing Mississippi River locks

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, expects to close two locks on the Mississippi River because of rising river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops ...
The Times Leader

Senators want upgrades to Mississippi River locks

(AP) The Mississippi River’s 70-year-old system of locks and dams urgently needs upgrades to accommodate barges that have gotten bigger over time, a group of federal lawmakers is warning after last ...
Southeast Missourian

Barge, tugboat traffic halted near busy Mississippi River lock

GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- Crews scrambled to make repairs Wednesday near the busiest Mississippi River lock shut down because of damage blamed partly on the summer drought, snarling hundreds of barges and ...
Yahoo

As winter arrives, last barge of the 2024 shipping season heads down the Mississippi River

Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin ...
Yahoo

Here's how the locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist

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 Gazette

Here's how locks and dams on the Mississippi River work, and why they exist

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 ...