Army Signals Victory in Fight to Keep Mississippi Open to Barges
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has declared victory, for now, in its battle to keep the drought-depleted Mississippi River open for barges moving commodities such as coal, grain and crude oil.
Contractors today completed emergency work that included excavating and blasting rock from the riverbed near the towns of Thebes and Grand Tower in southern Illinois, the Army and the U.S. Coast Guard said in a joint statement.