Lock and Dam Number Ten

Mississippi River

Guttenberg, Iowa

Way back in the 1930s the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed many Locks and Dams on the Mississippi River to allow tows pushing barges to distribute grain, fuel and coal up and down the Mississippi River. This is the most cost effective means of moving large sums of material through the country.

As you would suspect vast amounts of corn is transported down the Mississippi River to the major grain exporters in the South. Then the corn is shipped overseas. Without this market there would not be such a large demand for the corn that the Farmers in the Upper Mid-West produce.

Admittedly I was not in the Upper Mid-West to acquire the photographs that I have published today in the Iowa Tractor Boys Blog Post; however I am grateful to a number of family members who keep me supplied with interesting and also educational photos.