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Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography |
Lock & Dam #5
Mississippi River Lock & Dam
Minnesota City, Minnesota
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• Structure: |
Lock & Dam #5. |
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• Location: |
River Mile 738.1. |
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• Dam Width: |
20,000 Feet Overall, 1,619 Foot Wide Dam Structure. |
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• River Elevation (Pool): |
660 Feet. |
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• River Elevation (Outflow): |
651 Feet. |
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• Water Fall: |
9 Feet. |
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• Annual Lock Traffic: |
8,246 Vessels, 8,497,000 Tons (2005). |
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• Date Opened: |
May 1935. |
This dam structure features an unusually long earth embankment that
runs more than 18,000 feet long. The embankment runs upriver along
the Wisconsin side for over 3 miles before it turns east to cross the
river channel. This has the effect of creating a large amount of wet
lands area behind the embankment that only sees a water inflow during
times of very high water.
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