Locks, Dams Open This Month
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March 10, 2011
Little Goose Dam, near Starbuck, is one of several locks and dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers reopening this month after a three-month closure for repairs.
STARBUCK - Commerce along one of the state's arteries will soon kick back into gear as major repairs to key locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers draws to completion this month.
Close to 10 million tons of cargo including wheat, barley, petroleum products (like fuel), fertilizer, hay cubes, peas, lentils, milk carton stock and containers full of merchandise are shipped via the Columbia-Snake River system each year. Over 2 million tons are moved just through the Little Goose navigation lock near Starbuck.
The river locks have been closed to all traffic for the past three months while the U....
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