Corps of Engineers provides Lock and Dam 6 statistics for the 2008 navigation season
2008-096; Dec. 23, 2008
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Exactly 4,982 vessels and 7,240,756 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 6, located near Trempealeau, Wis., during the 2008 navigation season from April 11-Dec. 5. The MV Angela K was the last tow to pass through Dec. 5.
Of these vessels, 677 were commercial, 4,232 were recreational and 73 were of the other category, such as government watercraft. This number marks a decrease in navigation traffic from 2007, where 5,894 craft passed through Lock and Dam 6 – 1,021 of them commercial, 4,833 of them recreational and 40 were other.
In 2007, the amount of commodities transported through Lock and Dam 6 was 7,240,756 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 6 in 1936 and maintains it to this day. The lock’s last major rehabilitation occurred from 1989-1999.
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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