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Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

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Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

September 30, 2022

Thanks to the work of a Pittsburgh Engineer District intern, children are being introduced to an old lock by a new name: Larry the Lock. The lock, known to adults… Read More

Doug The Tug: Towboat Captain Pens Children’s Picture Book

December 15, 2020

Capt. Doug Edmonds is a Semmes, Ala., native and a 15-year veteran mariner. Edmonds started as a deckhand with Kirby back in 2005, and he now serves as a captain… Read More

New Book Honors River Historian Cover of new children’s book is tribute to Ruth Ferris. (Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society)

New Book Honors River Historian

October 7, 2020

In a 1970 interview with a St. Louis-Post Dispatch reporter, well known educator, river historian and museum curator Ruth Ferris (1897–1993) said that the most rewarding aspect of her lengthy… Read More