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Originally Posted by kalos72
One thing here thats still confusing to me.
When you look up the Corps of Engineers they are all military like. Listed under DoD, divisions, etc.
But how would you know what units were responsible for say the SOO Locks?
Are they based/organized like other military units? How can I tell who was assigned those locks come 1996/1997?
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The Corps of Engineers is the world largest Civil Works Organization, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is organized geographically into eight permanent divisions all reporting directly to the HQ. Within each division, there are several districts. Districts are defined by watershed boundaries for civil works projects and by political boundaries for military projects.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...s_of_Engineers
https://www.usace.army.mil/
Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD), located in Cincinnati. Reaches from the St Lawrence Seaway, across the Great Lakes, down the Ohio River Valley to the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Covers 355,300 square miles (920,000 km2), parts of 17 states. Serves 56 million people. Its seven districts are located in Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, Nashville, Pittsburgh, and Huntington, West Virginia. The division commander serves on two national and international decision-making bodies: co-chair of the Lake Superior, Niagara, and Ontario/St Lawrence Seaway boards of control; and the Mississippi River Commission.
I believe Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD) would be commanded by a General of some sort