In its 91-year history, the St. Louis District Dredge Potter crew remains dedicated to the Navigation mission and maintaining the congressional authorized channel on the Mississippi, Illinois, and Kaskaskia River.
Built in 1932 with a steam engine, the Dredge Potter has since been modernized and remains fully mission capable as a working dustpan dredge capable of moving 50,000 cubic yards of sediment per day - this amount would fill an Olympic size swimming pool.
This September, water levels broke 20 record lows on the St. Louis gage. Enduring back-to-back drought years, the District’s Dredge Equipment Operator, Donnie Mckoy operates the many operating systems onboard the vessel that moves anchors, boats, and pipelines while...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project Office, will be celebrating 20 years since the opening of its National Great Rivers Museum. The celebration will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, November 4 and will include informational tables and children’s activities at more than 20 stations, as well as several food trucks.
For the second consecutive year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, takes on the challenge of keeping commerce moving on the navigable waterways in the central part of the United States by collaborating with the River Industry Action Committee and the U.S. Coast Guard.
By using a balanced approach to mitigate the effects of the low water, focusing on the common operating procedures and conducting weekly navigation...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, closed the 1200-foot main chamber at Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Illinois yesterday to all commercial and recreational traffic after a crack was discovered on one of the lock chamber's lift gates during an inspection after an allision.
