"There are seven locks and dams in our area on the Ohio River, some of them they have the dam portion that goes across the river and if it gets too high the barge can't actually go over, but this ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Flooding along the Ohio River is causing serious disruptions, forcing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to temporarily shut down some major lock operations across Kentucky.

The upgrades come as part of the multi-billion-dollar Upper Ohio Navigation Project, which will bring improvements to the Emsworth and Dashields locks and dams as well. Big hydropower projects in ...

The vessel made contact with a stationary structure at the entrance of the Portland Canal, near the McAlpine Locks and Dam, which spans the Falls of the Ohio River. Six of the detached barges were ...

That the big Fernbank dam, known offcially as No. 37, is a big success may be gleaned from the fact that the United States government will build others like it in the Ohio River to make that ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Coal barges broke free from their towing vessel on the Ohio River in Louisville Friday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., 10 barges broke away after exiting the McAlpine Lock and ...

Ten of 11 barges broke loose and three settled against the lower McAlpine Dam structure in the incident that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. March 28. The vessels carried soy, corn and 1,400 tons of ...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- On some days, barges line up in a waterway traffic jam, waiting their turn to go through antiquated Dam 53 on the Ohio River, a short distance from Olmsted.

The Ohio River's three locks and dams handle an average of 50 million tons of activity every year, according to the Pittsburgh Ports Commission, ...

The lower river, which stretches south from Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, does not have locks and dams. As major rivers like the Missouri and the Ohio join up with the Mississippi ...

The McAlpine Locks and Dam play a crucial role in helping vessels down the Ohio River, but what else do they do?In this week's Ask Caray, WLKY's Caray Grace took a trip to the McAlpine Locks ...