General Information
| Other name(s): | General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11 |
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| Beginning of works: | 1934 |
| Completion: | 14 September 1937 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Lock |
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| Structure: |
Roller drum gate barrage Tainter gate barrage Embankment dam |
Awards and Distinctions
| 2004 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA |
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| Impounds: |
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| Coordinates: | 42° 32' 26.36" N 90° 38' 35.06" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length of movable section | 450.5 m | |
| embankment | length | 1 018.0 m |
| lock | width | 33.5 m |
| length | 182.9 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11 is a lock and dam located between Dubuque, Iowa and rural Grant County, Wisconsin, on the Upper Mississippi River.
It was opened to navigation 14 September 1937.
Description
The movable portion of the dam is 1,478 feet (450.5 m) long and consists of 13 tainter gates and three roller gates. The non-movable part is a 3,340 feet (1,018.0 m) long non-overflow earthen dam that connects to the Wisconsin shore.
The main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long. There is also an incomplete auxiliary lock.
The lock and dam are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Lock and Dam No. 11" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20030600 - Published on:
24/08/2007 - Last updated on:
26/12/2021
