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Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project

August 18, 2023

The first shovels of dirt were turned ceremonially on August 11 at Montgomery Locks and Dam to mark the beginning of construction for phase one of the Upper Ohio Navigation… Read More

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns

July 27, 2023

During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction… Read More

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Construction laborers perform work on the chamber floor concrete infill and wall-facing rebar and formwork for the Charleroi Lock Construction Project at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., in March of this year. The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to be filled with water beginning later this month. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Work On New Lock Chamber At Charleroi Nears Completion

May 12, 2023

A new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Charleroi, Pa., on the Monongahela River will begin filling with water sometime the week of May 22. “That will be a big milestone… Read More

WRDA 2022 Authorizes Pittsburgh Engineer District Projects

Construction workers from a contracting firm drill holes into the downstream concrete apron to form a secant wall August 3 at Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa. The project at Montgomery, part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project, will include replacing the facility’s 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can fit up to nine barges at once. The district expects to begin work on the new lock construction in 2024. It will take at least eight years to complete. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

WRDA 2022 Authorizes Pittsburgh Engineer District Projects

February 8, 2023

The 2022 Water Resources Development Act, signed into law in late December by President Joe Biden, includes authorization for several new projects for the Pittsburgh Engineer District. The nearly 400-page… Read More

Storybook Tells About Lock Through Cartoon Figure

Larry the Lock is a children’s book written and illustrated by Ashley Daugherty to illustrate the work locks perform on the river within the district. Daugherty has always had a love for art and reading. While pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, she had the chance to work as an intern at the Pittsburgh Engineer District. Daugherty wanted to make the mission of a lock more understandable, especially to children. (Illustration by Ashley Daugherty)

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

Collaboration Takes Center Stage As Funding Pours In

September 9, 2022

The Corps of Engineers’ lock-closure schedules through 2024 were the topic when barge industry stakeholders and Corps officials from multiple districts met September 7 at the St. Louis District’s Service… Read More

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using a 1:100 scale navigation approach model to test designs for a new auxiliary lock structure for the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River. The model will help evaluate guard wall lengths in relation to navigation conditions as well as how safely a vessel can navigate into the lock on both sides. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

August 5, 2022

By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist U.S. Army Engineer Research And Development Center The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making progress modeling new auxiliary locks to… Read More

Montgomery Industry Engagement Day Provides Early Look At Project

Montgomery Industry Engagement Day Provides Early Look At Project

June 24, 2022

Fifty-five representatives from more than 30 companies learned about the upcoming work to replace Montgomery Locks and Dam’s aging auxiliary lock during Montgomery Industry Engagement Day earlier this month. The… Read More

Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million

April 8, 2022

The project to build a new lock chamber at Emsworth Dam on the Ohio River received an additional $77 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding, the… Read More