"Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation."

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An unspoiled river is a very rare thing in this Nation today. Their flow and vitality have been harnessed by dams and too often they have been turned into open sewers by communities and by industries. It makes us all very fearful that all rivers will go this way unless somebody acts now to try to balance our river development.

— Lyndon B. Johnson