Industrial Canal Lock Field Trip (March 27)

Visit to the Industrial Canal lock facility. The lock allows vessels to move from Lake Pontchartrain into the Mississippi River and is an important trransit point on the Intracoastal Waterway. This lock is one of the most active facilities in the U.S. and is maintained and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility is scheduled to be replaced by a longer, wider lock located farther up the Industrial Canal.

L: Barge entering lock from Lake Pontchartrain; R: Coast Guard Patrol Vessel exiting lock

L: Industrial canal lock facility (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers); R: lock gates closing

Tows in the lock; R: fuel barge heading to Lake, looking towards Mississippi; R: Looking towards Lake

L: Discussing lock operations; R: Oliver White (U.S.A.C.E.) discussing lock history at visitors center

L: Beneath the lock facility; R: tunnel running length of lock

Draw bridge at Mississippi River end of lock (note the tow in background waiting to enter lock); L: tow transiting from Lake to the River