No major damage found after ship drops anchor in Soo Locks

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Soo Locks are back open after being closed for several hours on Wednesday.

Carrie Fox, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told News 8 affiliate 9&10 News that the locks were shut down around 1 p.m. Wednesday after a ship accidentally dropped its anchor in the Poe Lock.

The ship, the American Century, had to back out of the lock and moor at the pier…

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