Video by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 03.17.2025
Park Rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District conducted SPEAR training as part of their annual mandatory curriculum. SPEAR is a close-quarter defensive training to protect against an aggressor. It uses the natural human flinch response to block an attacker and get away. The goal is to de-escalate physical confrontations and seek safety. The acronym stands for......
Video by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 03.05.2025
Drew Bechtold, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s resident engineer for the Lower Mon Resident Office, offers a walking tour of the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 which is currently undergoing demolition of its locks near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh District’s construction office used explosives and heavy-equipment machinery on working fleets to remove......
Courtesy Video | Department of War | 01.18.2025
Lock operators and maintenance personnel work through wintery conditions on a January day at the Emsworth Locks and Dams, operated by the Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. The district operates 23 locks and dams throughout the year, providing lockages for about 50,000 vessels carrying 140 million tons of commodities annually along 328 miles of......
Video by Patrick Bloodgood | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 01.17.2025
In this edition of Corps Connection we check in on the Engineer Research and Development Center to see how they are working with the Port of Long Beach, California and the Los Angeles District for an upcoming harbor deepening project. We also stop in with our Pittsburgh District as they prepare for a mega-project at the Montgomery Lock and Dam. View the full stories......
Video by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 01.08.2025
Lock operators and maintenance workers shovel snow and continue to perform lock operations through wintery conditions at the Emsworth Locks and Dams, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Jan. 8, 2025. The Pittsburgh District operates 23 total locks and dams throughout the year in all weather conditions, including winter, regardless......
Video by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 01.08.2025
Lock operators and maintenance workers shovel snow and continue to perform lock operations through wintery conditions at the Emsworth Locks and Dams, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Jan. 8, 2025. The Pittsburgh District operates 23 total locks and dams throughout the year in all weather conditions, including winter, regardless......
Video by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 01.03.2025
Jenna Cunningham, the resident engineer for the Upper Ohio River Project, takes viewers on a quick tour of the newly completed batch plant pad at Montgomery Locks and Dam. The pad may seem like an ordinary, empty parking lot, but it will serve a key role in staging the new batch plant that will be built on site to produce 400,000 cubic yards of concrete to construct a new lock chamber! The......
Video by Stacey G. Wyzykowski | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 12.20.2024
As the headwaters of the Ohio River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District manages the Upper Ohio River water basin, which includes 16 reservoirs and 83 local flood protection projects. This water resource management system was constructed to reduce the risk of downstream flooding, improve water quality, and help maintain water levels for navigation within the region. For......
