Lock and Dam No. 11

Dam in Grant County, Wisconsin
42°32′25″N 90°38′39″W / 42.540278°N 90.644167°W / 42.540278; -90.644167Construction began1934Opening date14 September 1937Operator(s) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island DistrictDam and spillwaysImpoundsUpper Mississippi RiverLength1,478 ft (450 m)ReservoirCreatesPool 11Total capacity170,000 acre⋅ft (0.21 km3)Catchment area81,600 sq mi (211,000 km2)
Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District
Lock and Dam No. 11 is located in Iowa
Lock and Dam No. 11
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Lock and Dam No. 11 is located in the United States
Lock and Dam No. 11
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Location11 Lime Street, Dubuque, IowaArea114.2 acres (46.22 ha)Built1937ArchitectAbbott, Edwin E.; multipleArchitectural stylelock and damMPSUpper Mississippi River 9-Foot Navigation Project MPSNRHP reference No.04000171[1]Added to NRHPMarch 10, 2004

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.[2]

The lock and dam are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Gallery

  • Lock and Dam No. 11
  • Aerial view to the west—Iowa bank
    Aerial view to the west—Iowa bank
  • Aerial view, with Eagle Point Bridge (1940)
    Aerial view, with Eagle Point Bridge (1940)
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See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Lock & Dam 11" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

External links

  • Lock and Dam No. 11 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Official site)
  • Media related to Lock and Dam No. 11 (Upper Mississippi River) at Wikimedia Commons
  • USGS.gov: Reach 1, Pool 11
  • USACE Civil Works Digital Project Notebook
  • Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-23, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 11, Upper Mississippi River, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA", 50 photos, 16 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
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