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Crews Repair Lock 25 Four Days After Anchorage Bar Fails

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Crews Repair Lock 25 Four Days After Anchorage Bar Fails

December 20, 2024

Upper Mississippi Lock 25 reopened December 18, four days after an unscheduled closure, thanks in part to fortuitously placed repair crews and forethought in retaining a previously replaced component. An… Read More

Brandon Road Project To Move Forward A graphic shows details of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, designed to prevent the spread of invasive carp from the rivers to the Great Lakes. It was announced July 1 that a project partnership agreement has been signed to move the project forward. (Graphic courtesy of the Rock Island Engineer District)

A graphic shows details of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, designed to prevent the spread of invasive carp from the rivers to the Great Lakes. It was announced July 1 that a project partnership agreement has been signed to move the project forward. (Graphic courtesy of the Rock Island Engineer District)

Brandon Road Project To Move Forward

July 3, 2024

Construction is set to begin on the Brandon Road Interbasin Project on a new schedule designed to prevent millions of dollars in delays to the navigation industry. After months of… Read More

Rock Island Engineer District Gets Two New Survey Vessels

The SV Dubuque under way in the Mississippi River near the Rock Island District headquarters on the morning of June 12. The new hydrographic survey vessel is beginning its life on the river by performing condition surveys in Pools 15, 14 and 13. Rock Island II is a temporary name during the manufacturing process. Corps Headquarters approved Dubuque as the vessel’s permanent name following its arrival at the district.

Rock Island Engineer District Gets Two New Survey Vessels

June 22, 2018

The Rock Island District’s two new hydrographic survey boats are at work on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. They were commissioned at District headquarters the week of June 4. Dubbed… Read More

Ross to Deliver Two New Survey Boats to the Rock Island District

March 5, 2018

On February 16, Ross Labs, LLC of Edmonds, Washington, received the first of two boats it is providing to the Rock Island Corps of Engineer District and has begun installing… Read More