Difference between revisions of "McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System"
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The '''McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System''' is a system of navigable pools on the [[Arkansas River]] formed from locks, dams, and reservoirs extending from the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Montgomery Point near Dumas on the Mississippi River. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Rover Navigation System is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Little Rock and Tulsa. | The '''McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System''' is a system of navigable pools on the [[Arkansas River]] formed from locks, dams, and reservoirs extending from the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Montgomery Point near Dumas on the Mississippi River. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Rover Navigation System is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Little Rock and Tulsa. | ||
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| + | The McClellan-Kerr system, dedicated on June 5, 1971 by President Richard Nixon, was the result of several decades of effort to improve port facilities, transportation, and flood control on the Arkansas River. As early as 1941 Senator [[Hattie Caraway]] and Representative [[Clyde T. Ellis]] lobbied in favor of an Arkansas River Valley Authority. Their efforts went unrewarded, but in 1956 Arkansas Senator [[John L. McClellan]] and Oklahoma Senator [[Robert S. Kerr]] secured passage of public works funds for waterway improvements and hydroelectric power generation. | ||
In 2008 slightly more than two million tons of commodities were transported over the system. Commodities moved in 2008 included petroleum products, iron, steel, fertilizers, sand, gravel, rock, and soybeans and other agricultural products. | In 2008 slightly more than two million tons of commodities were transported over the system. Commodities moved in 2008 included petroleum products, iron, steel, fertilizers, sand, gravel, rock, and soybeans and other agricultural products. | ||
Revision as of 21:13, 26 April 2008
The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System is a system of navigable pools on the Arkansas River formed from locks, dams, and reservoirs extending from the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Montgomery Point near Dumas on the Mississippi River. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Rover Navigation System is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Little Rock and Tulsa.
The McClellan-Kerr system, dedicated on June 5, 1971 by President Richard Nixon, was the result of several decades of effort to improve port facilities, transportation, and flood control on the Arkansas River. As early as 1941 Senator Hattie Caraway and Representative Clyde T. Ellis lobbied in favor of an Arkansas River Valley Authority. Their efforts went unrewarded, but in 1956 Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan and Oklahoma Senator Robert S. Kerr secured passage of public works funds for waterway improvements and hydroelectric power generation.
In 2008 slightly more than two million tons of commodities were transported over the system. Commodities moved in 2008 included petroleum products, iron, steel, fertilizers, sand, gravel, rock, and soybeans and other agricultural products.
