PLAQUEMINE, La. (WAFB) - Work has started on a project to restore the Gary J. Hebert Lockhouse at the Plaquemine Lock Historic Site. The restoration project kicked off on Tuesday, August 13, on Main ...
Without the Plaquemine Lock, Plaquemine may not exist today — at least not as we know it. Designed by George W. Goethals, who went on to become chief engineer of the Panama Canal, the 51-foot ...
As early as 1690, William Penn envisioned an east-west golden link, a canal that would connect the inland frontier areas of the Susquehanna River with the port of Philadelphia on the Delaware River.