The Engineered River: Locks, Dams and Barges

The Ohio and the Mississippi are not natural waterways with some structures added. They are machines for moving freight, maintained continuously and at enormous expense. What that machinery is, why it exists, and why it makes this the most dangerous part of the journey.

Meets 15 academic standards across 15 jurisdictionsshow

California1
Connecticut1
Delaware1
Illinois1
Kansas1
Maryland1
Michigan1
Nevada1
New Hampshire1
New Mexico1
Rhode Island1
Vermont1
Washington1
Washington, D.C.1
Wyoming1

See the full standards detail for this course

Coming soon

This course is being reviewed

Every course on Learn.WitUS is checked against its sources before it opens, so the lessons are not available yet. What the course covers is above, and any academic standards it meets are listed with it. Enrollment opens when the review is finished.

Already studying this course? Sign in and it will open as usual.