Mighty Mississippi: Oklahoma seaports
By Rick Lepper
CNHI News Service
When the project was finally completed in 1971, President Richard Nixon flew to Tulsa to deliver the keynote dedication address.
The cost of building the McClellan-Kerr Navigation System ended up at $1.3 billion. In 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported a 99 percent return on investment.
And the payoff continues. Plans were recently announced for a new $50 million biodiesel plant in Muskogee.
Rick Lepper is the Web editor of the Muskogee, Okla., Phoenix.
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