Opening date March 7, 1934 Creates Pool 15 Area 145 ha Construction began 1931 | Length 1,203 feet (366.7 m) Opened 7 March 1934 Added to NRHP 10 March 2004 Impound Upper Mississippi River | |
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Location Rock Island, Illinois / Davenport, Iowa Impounds Upper Mississippi River Total capacity 100,000 acre·ft (0.12 km) Operator United States Army Corps of Engineers Similar Lock and Dam No 14, Government Bridge, Lock and Dam No 13, Davenport Skybridge, Credit Island | ||
Tow entering lock and dam 15 from up river
Lock and Dam No. 15 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River. It spans the river between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. Lock and Dam 15 is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates. It is unusual among the upper Mississippi River dams in that it has only roller gates, has different sizes and types of roller gates, it is not perpendicular to the flow of the river and is one of the few facilities that has a completed auxiliary lock. The main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (180 m) long and its auxiliary lock is 110 feet (34 m) wide by 360 feet (110 m) long. In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 15 Historic District, #04000175 covering 3,590 acres (1,450 ha), 2 buildings, 9 structures, and 1 object.
Contents
- Tow entering lock and dam 15 from up river
- Map of Lock and Dam No 15 Davenport IA 52801 USA
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