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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • August

    Emergency first responders, law enforcement, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District employees listen to a safety brief from U.S. Coast Guard Captain Heather R. Mattern, sector commander, Sector Ohio Valley, Eighth Coast Guard District, prior to a mock emergency exercise at McAlpine Locks and Dam July 31, 2024.

    USACE partners with USCG to conduct security drills at McAlpine Locks and Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District hosted personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, and

  • April

    McAlpine Locks and Dam's first female lock operator, Sally Waterbury, who has worked at McAlpine for nearly four decades, stands on the gates of the south chamber in front of the control tower April 10, 2024.

    A river runs through it: Waterbury's decades at McAlpine tell story of grit and determination

    Sally Waterbury, McAlpine Locks and Dam's first female lock operator, has a story that is woven with resilience and a deep-rooted love for hard work. Her journey didn't start at McAlpine but began on a sprawling 135-acre farm in Meade County, Kentucky, where she grew up alongside five siblings, learning the value of hard work and grit from a young age.

  • March

    Crews work to offload coal from a partially submerged barge near the tip of Shippingport Island, in Louisville, Kentucky, March 14. It was one of 10 barges that broke away from a tow on the Ohio River March 8.

    Salvage operations continue following barge accident at McAlpine

    Last month, the lock chambers at McAlpine Locks and Dam (Ohio River mile 606.8) in Louisville, Kentucky, were temporarily closed to traffic due to a navigation accident, which occurred shortly after 4:00 p.m., March 8.

  • April

    Salvage crews perform lightering operation

    Salvage operations continue following barge accident

    Salvage Operations continue following a barge accident, which occurred March 28 at McAlpine Locks

  • July

    Louisville District Emergency Management conducts flood fight training

    Residents who reside along the 981 miles of the Ohio River and its tributaries are no strangers to severe weather. The risk for flood in these areas increase when a location experiences heavy rain, the area has poor drainage or the soil composition is dense. Flood fight training is one way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville district prepares for these severe weather events.

  • October

    District recognizes employees in end of year awards ceremony

    As the fiscal year concludes and a new year of projects and contracts awaits, it is important to look back and acknowledge the hard-working members of the USACE team. The challenges and adversities of the past year have not slowed down the USACE – Louisville District members in the slightest.
  • McAlpine Locks and Dam September visit. 1. Crane examining lock before it fills with water 2. Crane examining lock before it fills with water 3. Crane examining lock before it fills with water 4. Jay Rickman, McAlpine Lock and Dam lockmaster, in front of the locks. 5. Barge coming down river into the lock

    Lockmaster’s view – The McAlpine Locks and Dam

    Within the entire length of the Ohio River, there was only one place where rock reef extended across the river for a stretch of three miles – The Falls of the Ohio. This area of water was a low water slope, dropping around thirty feet over the three miles and made it practically impassable by cargo and transportation vessels in the early 1800s except when the water level was high; even then, it was treacherous. This article consists of a safety summary and a personal interview from the McAlpine Locks and Dam Lockmaster, Jay Rickman.

  • December

    McAlpine’s north chamber reopens to navigation traffic

    The 1,200 foot-north chamber at McAlpine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky,

  • August

    Gate replacement progresses at McAlpine Locks and Dam

    Work continues on the north lock chamber of McAlpine Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Louisville,
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