Duluth-Superior provided an attractive point of export for Midwestern grain, and its elevators bustled in the years after the St. Lawrence Seaway opened in 1959. Much of the grain was destined for ...

The culmination of a century-long dream to link the Great Lakes interior industrial hubs to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project stands as one of the largest public works ...

Sixty years ago, Wednesday, one of the Western Hemisphere’s great engineering achievements opened to rave reviews. Little did we know it would be a blessing and a curse. Using a system of locks, ...

ALONG the steel-blue St. Laurence River, seaward outlet of the world’s busiest inland waterway, a century-old dream is coming true. A work force of 15,000 men, with the most modern construction ...