6 May 2013

Marseilles Dam repairs require drawdown of navigation pool (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (May 6) — In order to facilitate further repair work at Marseilles Dam, the Unified Command has announced plans for a 4-foot drawdown of the Marseilles navigation pool to be executed Friday.

4 May 2013

Navigation resumes along Illinois River (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (May 4) – The Unified Command announced Friday that navigation will resume Saturday morning along a section of the Illinois River that has been closed to river traffic after seven barges broke free from a tow during heavy weather and came to rest against the Marseilles Dam, April 18.

3 May 2013

Army Corps of Engineers leadership visits operations site at Marseilles Dam (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (May 3) – The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Commanding General visited the Marseilles Dam, Thursday, to survey ongoing repair and salvage operations following damage sustained during an incident April 18.

1 May 2013

Salvage operations, damage assessments continue at Marseilles Dam (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (May 1) — The Unified Command reported that operations continued at Marseilles Dam, Tuesday, where three partially submerged barges remain.

29 Apr 2013

Navigation restrictions remain in place at Marseilles, Starved Rock and Dresden Locks

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (April 29) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, out of an abundance of caution is maintaining navigation restrictions at Marseilles, Starved Rock and Dresden Island locks on the Illinois Waterway.

27 Apr 2013

Salvage operations on remaining barges continue (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (April 27) – Salvage operations led by the Unified Command continued Saturday to remove the three remaining barges submerged near the Marseilles Dam.

26 Apr 2013

Salvage operators remove three more barges near Marseilles Dam (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (April 26) – Salvage operations continued Thursday near the Marseille’s Dam with three more barges being removed.

25 Apr 2013

Corps completes initial damage assessment of Marseilles Lock and Dam project (Unified Command News Release)

Marseilles, Ill. (April 25) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as part of the Unified Command, completed its initial assessment of damages to Marseilles Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway Thursday after seven barges allided into the dam on April 18.

24 Apr 2013

Salvage operations continue near Marseilles Dam, Navigation delays due to receding river levels imminent (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILLES, Ill. (April 24) – Salvage operations led by the Unified Command continued on the remaining six barges floating or submerged near the Marseilles Dam, Wednesday.

23 Apr 2013

First barge removed from near Marseilles Dam (Unified Command News Release)

MARSEILES, Ill. (April 23) – The first of seven barges resting near the Marseilles Dam was removed under supervision of the Unified Command Tuesday morning.