Corps of Engineers provides Lock and Dam 1 statistics for the 2008 navigation season
2008-090; Dec. 23, 2008
SAINT PAUL, MINN. – Exactly 5,177 vessels and 964,681 tons of cargo passed through Lock and Dam 1 in Minneapolis, during the 2008 navigation season from April 11-Nov. 30. The MV Becky Sue was the last tow to pass through Nov. 30.
Of these vessels, 857 were commercial, 4,270 were recreational and 50 were of the other category, such as government watercraft. The commercial traffic was either bound for or departing the Minneapolis Harbor. This marks an increase in traffic and a slight decrease in tonnage from 2007.
In 2007, 3,425 craft passed through Lock and Dam 1 – 810 of them commercial, 2,593 of them recreational and 22 other, and the amount of commodities transported through the lock was 989,706 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.
Lock and Dam 1 is located across the river from the Ford Motor Plant in St. Paul, Minn., and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. The Corps constructed it in 1917, reconstructed it in 1929 and completed it in 1923. The lock’s last major rehabilitation occurred from 1978-1980.
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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