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| Highways, Byways, And Bridge Photography |
Lock & Dam #22
Mississippi River Lock & Dam
New London, Missouri
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• Structure: |
Lock & Dam #22. |
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• Location: |
River Mile 301.2. |
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• Dam Width: |
3,290 Feet Overall, 1,024 Foot Wide Dam Structure. |
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• River Elevation (Pool): |
459.5 Feet. |
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• River Elevation (Outflow): |
450.3 Feet. |
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• Water Fall: |
9.2 Feet. |
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• Annual Lock Traffic: |
2,829 Vessels, 27,371,000 Tons (2005). |
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• Date Opened: |
1938. |
Lock & Dam #22 is located in the town of New London, Missouri.
While it is an important structure for maintaining river traffic flow,
the lock is too small for modern river tows. The larger tows have
to break up into smaller tows in order to move all the barges through
the lock. This process can take hours. As a result, traffic several
days old can get backed up at a Lock & Dam structure.
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