by Alex Ronallo, FOX 11 News
APPLETON - The 17 locks being restored on the Fox River from De Pere upriver to Menasha are set to all be open by next year. Half of them have been open for at least 3 years and will re-open for the season next week.
The hand-operated locks, built in the 1850's, shut down in the 1980's.
“It’s all hand-made. So it was important to stabilize this and try not to lose any of it,” explained Bob Stark, the COO for the Fox River Navigational System Authority.
In 2004 th Fox River Navigational System Authority took control of restoring and reopening the locks when the Army Corps of Engineers pulled out.
Now the authority is planning another project to cap off the work, and will use a $100,000 tourism development grant from the Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau to help do so.
http://fox11online.com/2014/05/01/100000-grant-to-help-build-tourism-center-on-fox-locks/
