Dresden Island Lock & Dam
Illinois River Lock & Dam
Channahon, IL

Dresden Island Lock & Dam

• Structure: Dresden Island Lock & Dam
• Location: River Mile 271.5
• Structure Width: 1,300 Feet (Estimated)
• River Elevation (Pool): 505 Feet
• River Elevation (Outflow): 483 Feet
• Water Fall: 22 Feet
• Annual Lock Traffic: 5,511 Vessels, 19,371,000 Tons (2005).
• Date Built: 1933

Dresden Island Lock & Dam

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