Por: ABC7 World March 29, 2023
. Of 11 total barges, 10 became loose from a tugboat; three barges became pinned to the dam, and one additional barge was pinned against a pier, the agency said.The Army Corp of Engineers said it recovered the barge pinned against the pier by noon Tuesday. It wrote in a statement that the remaining six barges were recovered, adding that the dam's locks will remain closed until the barges on the dam are stabilized.The Kentucky Energy and... + full article
ABC News USA World April 06, 2023
LONDON -- Some 500 asylum-seekers in the U.K. will be housed on a barge docked off the south coast of England, the British government said Wednesday of its latest measure aimed at discouraging migrants from crossing the English Channel in small unseaworthy boats. The housing... + más
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ABC News USA Nation March 29, 2023
A set of locks for an Ohio River dam in Kentucky is closed due to a navigational incident after 10 barges were released from a tugboat, including one barge carrying 1,400 tons of a toxic alcohol compound, officials said.The incident occurred at roughly 2 a.m. Tuesday, according... + más
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Newsweek USA Nation March 29, 2023
A barge carrying 1,400 tons of methanol, a toxic substance, is among those to have crashed on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday and is partially submerged.The Louisville Metropolitan Emergency Services (LMES) said that shortly after 2 a.m. ET a vessel towing... + más
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Newsweek USA Tech February 18, 2023
The Hoover Dam, standing 726.4 feet tall, is one of the greatest feats of American engineering—and one of its most important. The dam formed Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., which irrigates 1,500,000 acres of land and provides water to over 16,000,000... + más
Why was the Hoover Dam built? | Newsweek
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Newsweek USA Tech February 14, 2023
The Hoover Dam is the most-famous such example in North America, and for good reason. Built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression, the project was truly a feat of engineering for the time.Standing 726 feet high, and 1,244 feet long, the dam—in the Black Canyon of... + más
What happens if Lake Mead hits dead pool and Hoover Dam stops working? | Newsweek
Maine Voices: Kennebec River dam debate hijacked by red herring | Portland Press Herald
CNN USA Business October 07, 2022
New York CNN Business — The lowest water levels in the Mississippi River in a decade, caused by a severe Midwest drought, have closed the vital channel to barge traffic at a crucial time of the year for the transport of crops from the nation’s heartland. The Army Corps... + más
Low water on the Mississippi River impacting barge traffic | Associated Press
Barges grounded in Mississippi River as water levels approach record lows | Fox Business
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 26, 2022
There has been a fair amount of news in Maine lately about dams on the Kennebec River; how fish can be restored to the upper river, and the fear of the impact removing the Shawmut Dam would have . The issue of the removal of the Shawmut Dam and impacts on the Sappi mill has been... + más
50 years after the Clean Water Act, the Androscoggin River has changed dramatically | Portland Press Herald
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