Corps of Engineers provides Lock and Dam 5A statistics for the 2008 navigation season
2008-095; Dec. 23, 2008
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Exactly 7,103 vessels and 5,720,567 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 5A, located near Fountain City, Wis., during the 2008 navigation season from April 11-Nov. 26. The MV James Faris was the last tow to pass through Nov. 26.
Of these vessels, 679 were commercial, 6,380 were recreational and 44 were of the other category, such as government watercraft. This number marks a decrease in navigation traffic from 2007, where 8,107 craft passed through Lock and Dam 5A – 913 of them commercial, 7,150 of them recreational and 44 other.
In 2007, the amount of commodities transported through Lock and Dam 5A was 8,534,287 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 constructed Lock and Dam 5A in 1932, opened it for operation in 1936 and maintains it to this day. The lock's last major rehabilitation occurred from 1989-2000.
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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