Mother Nature's Meltdown

Lock and Dam 2 Welcomes First Barge

The motor vessel New Dawn is shown as it moved through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota, after breaking through Lake Pepin ice on March 25. (Photo courtesy USACE St. Paul District)
Some points on the grain shipping system are less frozen than they were last year; some are not. The first barge has moved through Lock and Dam 2, but Duluth has yet to see its first ocean-going vessel.

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