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The Anatomy of an Outage: A Look Back at Bonneville Navigation Lock's Sill Failure

On Sept. 5, 2019, a long unknown and undetected flaw became an impending failure at Bonneville navigation lock. More than 70 feet underwater, sections of rebar, threaded through 40,000 pounds of ...
Maritime Executive

Using Water Power to Propel Free Barges Through Navigation Locks

While there is economic merit to sailing extended length barge trains along inland waterways, the cost of lengthening navigation locks can be prohibitive. It may be possible to use water power to ...
US Geological Survey

Application of electricity and underwater acoustics to clear fish from a navigation lock during maintenance

Authors Jose Rivera, Aaron R. Cupp, Josey Lee Ridgway, Duane Chapman, Bethany E Hoster, Matthew Ross Acre, Robin D. Calfee, Jesse Robert Fischer, James J. Duncker ...
The Advocate

Army Corps eyes new navigation lock in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — After years of delays and legal wrangling with environmental groups and residents of the Lower 9th Ward, the Army Corps of Engineers is once again looking at replacing a historic ...
KATU

Navigational lock at Bonneville Dam set to reopen ahead of schedule

PORTLAND, Ore. — Engineers say they have repaired the Bonneville Navigation Lock and plan to reopen it Friday, a few days ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials ...