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Poe Lock Closes for Emergency Repairs

Closure causes concerns, stops two thousand-footer ships.
Arman Rahman,

Emergency repairs forced the closure of the largest of the Soo Locks on Monday, causing some concern for the Duluth-Superior Port. The Poe Lock was closed for repairs for 12 hours. This cased delays in port shipping, including two thousand-footers waiting to get through at Sault Saint Marie, Michigan. According to Jayson Hron of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, this…
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Soo Locks Close for Winter, Allowing Maintenance Work

U.S. Army Corps Handling a Variety of Maintenance Projects at Site
The Associated Press,

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich.-The Great Lakes navigational locks at Sault Ste. Marie closed for the winter season today, enabling the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to handle a variety of maintenance projects. The Soo Locks are located on the St. Marys River, which links Lakes Huron and Superior. More than 4,500 vessels haul up to 80 million tons of cargo,…