{"id":31985,"date":"2022-11-18T01:32:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cannelton-locks-and-dam-primary-lock-chamber-reopens-to-navigation-traffic\/31985\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T01:32:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T22:32:27","slug":"cannelton-locks-and-dam-primary-lock-chamber-reopens-to-navigation-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/cannelton-locks-and-dam-primary-lock-chamber-reopens-to-navigation-traffic\/31985\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannelton Locks and Dam Primary Lock Chamber Reopens to Navigation Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n<meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2022-11-17T17:04:49.0000000\"\/><br \/>\n<span class=\"date\">November 17, 2022<\/span><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2022-11-17T17:04:49.0000000\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"images-wrapper single\">\n<div class=\"images\">\n<div class=\"image active\">\n<\/p>\n<p>\n(Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The 1,200 foot-primary chamber at Cannelton Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Cannelton, Ind., officially reopened to navigation traffic, November 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said.<\/p>\n<p>Due to scheduled maintenance and repairs, the 1200-foot primary chamber had been closed since July. The four-month temporary closure allowed the Regional Rivers Repair Fleet\u2019s (R3F) heavy capacity fleet to replace the miter gates and related equipment on each end of the primary chamber to increase reliability and efficiency on the inland waterways system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis quality project was completed ahead of schedule, under budget and safely,\u201d said Waylon Humphrey, USACE Louisville District Operations Division chief. \u201cA huge thanks to the R3F, our Tech Support Maintenance Section, and our locks and dam\u2019s staff who worked hand-in-hand to ensure this accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and R3F\u2019s initiative consolidated this work from two seasons to a single season, which minimized the lock closure and reduces the direct cost by an estimated $10 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17, 2022 (Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) The 1,200 foot-primary chamber at Cannelton Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Cannelton, Ind., officially reopened to navigation traffic, November 13, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said. Due to scheduled maintenance and repairs, the 1200-foot primary chamber had been closed since July. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/31986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}