3 Nov 2015

Meeker Dam: Controversy plagued one of the first locks on the Mississippi River

Listed as one of the “controversies” in Raymond Merritt’s book “Creativity, Conflict & Controversy: A History of the St. Paul District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,” the Meeker Dam project continues to provide intrigue.

3 Nov 2015

Gouverneur Kimble Warren

Maj. Gouverneur Kimble Warren was the first district engineer of the St. Paul District. After the Civil War, he came to St. Paul in 1866 and began work surveying the Mississippi, Chippewa, St. Croix and Wisconsin Rivers. He also began the preservation of St. Anthony Falls and designed the nation’s first reservoir system, the Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir System.

25 Feb 2014

Dredge Thompson patterns tell a story of the district’s history

A district team visited the Lock and Dam 5A warehouse in Fountain City, Wis., Nov. 15, 2013, to inventory a large pile of wooden patterns used for the Dredge William A. Thompson, which served the district from 1937 to 2006.

28 Oct 2013

Battle of Gettysburg 150 years later: District’s first commander was battle hero

In 1866 following the Civil War, Gouverneur Kimble Warren was assigned to St. Paul, Minn., as the

11 Feb 2013

Dewatering a lock and dam

For the fourth time since it was put into service in 1936, Lock and Dam 6, near Trempealeau, Wis.,