General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Mobile barrage |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Lock |
Location
| Location: |
Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Muscatine County, Iowa, USA |
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| Impounds: |
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| Coordinates: | 41° 25' 37.29" N 91° 0' 37.74" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length of movable section | 400.8 m | |
| lock | width | 33.5 m |
| length | 182.9 m | |
| height difference | max. 2.7 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Lock and Dam No. 16 is a lock and dam located near Muscatine, Iowa on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 457.2. The movable portion of the dam is 1,315 feet (400.8 m) long and consists of 4 roller gates and 15 Tainter gates. The lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long with a maximum lift of 9 feet (2.7m) In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 16 Historic District, #04000176 covering 1,024 acres (4.1 km²), 1 building, 5 structures, and 2 objects.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Lock and Dam No. 16" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20030595 - Published on:
24/08/2007 - Last updated on:
13/05/2017
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