Melvin Price Locks and Dam
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Background
Construction began in 1979, the main lock opened in 1990, and the full structure was completed in 1994. It replaced the earlier Lock and Dam No. 26, demolished in 1990, and is the first replacement structure on the Upper Mississippi River nine-foot navigation project. The main lock is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide; the auxiliary is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide. The main lock has a vertical lift gate and a miter gate while the aux. lock has two miter gates. The dam is Script error: No such module "convert". long with 9 tainter gates, each Script error: No such module "convert". wide by Script error: No such module "convert". high.
It is named after Illinois Congressman Charles Melvin Price.
Gallery
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Annotated image of the lock and dam
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Dam and locks from Missouri shore
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Close-up of the gates on the Melvin Price Lock & Dam
References
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External links
- Melvin Price Locks and Dam - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- National Great Rivers Museum (USACE)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project Office
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- Hydroacoustic Identification and Sampling of Fish Aggregations in Tailwater Areas (2005 Monitoring Report – Fish Passage Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Alton, Illinois and Lock and Dam 22, Saverton, Missouri)
- Map of Melvin Price Locks and Dam area
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- Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
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