Members of the St. Louis Engineer District reported January 12 on its Kaskaskia River Project Facebook page that a portion of the guidewall at the Jerry F. Costello Lock and… Read More
Archive: 2021
In 1878, the Howard Shipyard of Jeffersonville, Ind., completed work on its magnum opus, the J.M. White. Owned by the Greenville & New Orleans Packet Company, the big sidewheeler’s wooden… Read More
A major bridge over the Ohio River in the Cincinnati area reopened on time and under budget after six weeks of emergency repairs. The Brent Spence Bridge, which carries interstates… Read More
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced January 12 that the interior least tern has officially been taken off the endangered species list. When the interior least tern was… Read More
The governors of Illinois and Michigan have agreed to work jointly to move forward with installing technology at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois River to help prevent… Read More
Eymard Marine Construction & Repair Inc. recently completed a 1,500 hp. towboat that was a long time in the making. Named the mv. Caleb J. Eymard, it was constructed for… Read More
After almost a year into the most devastating pandemic in modern times, the internet is swarming with memes about the year 2020 and how bad it’s been. As this issue… Read More
The river road through St. Gabriel, La., located on the left descending bank near Mile 200 on the Mississippi River, is a quiet stretch, with plots of farmland dwarfing neighborhoods… Read More
As many of our informants noted in this issue’s “State of the Industry” article, it’s especially hard to make any forecasts this year. Now that the initial relief at the… Read More
Washington, D.C.—Even as the House was moving to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the incoming Senate majority leader, laid out a “bold” agenda… Read More
