Corps of Engineers provides Lock and Dam 2 statistics for the 2008 navigation season
2008-091; Dec. 23, 2008
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Exactly 5,496 vessels and 4,729,252 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minn., during the 2008 navigation season from April 11-Nov. 25, 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, 556 were commercial, 4,880 were recreational and 60 were of the other category, such as government watercraft. This number marks a decrease in navigation traffic from 2007, when 7,867 craft passed through Lock and Dam 2 – 818 of them commercial, 7,011 of them recreational and 38 other.
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In 2007, the amount of commodities transported through Lock and Dam 2 was 7,051,488 tons.
Navigation statistics fluctuate from year to year, depending on the weather, the flows and the length of the navigation season.
Lock and Dam 2 was constructed in 1930 and reconstructed in 1948. Its last major rehabilitation occurred in 2006.
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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