Great Lakes Navigation

From U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters:

Great Lakes ports are part of an overall system that competes
against other modes of transportation that are less economically viable and far less environmentally sustainable. Compared to the next least costly mode of transportation, the navigation system on the Great Lakes saves industry $3.6 billion dollars annually.
Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan pictured.
Learn more about Great Lakes Navigation: http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Missi…/Great-Lakes-Navigation/ 

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Frosty Morning at Bull Shoals Dam.

From Little Rock District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:

Kaskaskia River Lock & Dam

From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters:

Did you know….that our Mississippi Valley Division has 62 locks within its boundary: 29 on the Mississippi River; 8 on the Illinois River; 6 on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, La.; 5 on the Red River, La.; 4 on the Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. & La.; 1 on the Kaskaskia River, Ill.; 1 on Old River, La.; 1 on Bayou Teche, La.; 3 in the Atchafalaya Basin, La.; 1 on Freshwater Bayou, La.; and 3 on the West Pearl River, La. (Photo of the Kaskaskia River L&D)