The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates and maintains McAlpine, calls it a "marvel of engineering" — allowing safe passage through the Falls of the Ohio, the only natural obstruction on the ...

Pennsylvania authorities removed five barges that were trapped at a dam downriver from Pittsburgh on Tuesday after 26 barges broke loose and drifted down the Ohio River last week.. On Tuesday, the ...

Several river barges broke loose from a tow boat on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, with three barges pinned against the lower McAlpine Dam site, the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Work begins on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's $934M locks and dam upgrades along Ohio River expand An aerial view of the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near Monaca on July 21, 2023.

One year after the Marcum Dam was built in 1963 and increased its depth, the Ohio still froze over. Then again in the winters of 1976-1977 and 1977-1978. What would happen with drinking water ...