The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates and maintains McAlpine, calls it a "marvel of engineering" — allowing safe passage through the Falls of the Ohio, the only natural obstruction on the ...

The sluice gate is then closed, and the pond’s bed left to dry. Five days later, the smell of swamp and decomposition is overpowering. An excavator has arrived and now gathers sediment accumulated in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Summer heat and humidity remain locked in across the Mid-South. Highs will reach the low to mid-90s each afternoon, while the heat index will climb close to ...

Filling of the dam started in 1958 with the closing of the sluice gates. It took another five years for the dam to achieve maximum water levels. The salient features of the artificial lake are as ...