Corps of Engineers provides Lock and Dam 3 statistics for the 2008 navigation season
2008-092; Dec. 23, 2008
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Exactly 10,382 vessels and 4,732,120 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 3 in Red Wing, Minn., during the 2008 navigation season from April 11-Nov. 25. The MV Anna Louise was the last tow to pass through Nov. 25.
Of these vessels, 781 were commercial, 9,574 were recreational and 27 were of the other category, such as government watercraft. This number marks a decrease in traffic from 2007, where 12,107 craft passed through Lock and Dam 3 – 1,087 of them commercial, 10,847 of them recreational and 173 other.
In 2007, the amount of commodities transported through Lock and Dam 3 was 7,065,758 tons.
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Navigation statistics fluctuate from year to year, depending on the weather, the flows and the length of the navigation season.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, constructed Lock and Dam 3 in 1938 and maintains it to this day. The lock went through a major rehabilitation last winter.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, serves the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. It contributes around $126 million to the five-state district economy. The more than 625 employees work at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.
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