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Built
  
1938 (1938)-39

NRHP Reference #
  
04000169

Added to NRHP
  
10 March 2004

Architect
  
LeGromwell, Paul

Area
  
11 ha

Peoria Lock and Dam

Location
  
1071 Wesley Rd., Creve Coeur, Illinois

MPS
  
Illinois Waterway Navigation System Facilities MPS

Peoria lock and dam


The Peoria Lock and Dam is a historic lock and dam complex on the Illinois River at Creve Coeur, Illinois. The complex was built in 1938-39 as part of an effort to make the river navigable and establish a route for barges between Chicago and the Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed the complex; their influence is particularly evident in the dam's control station, as the State of Illinois designed most other dam control stations along the river. The lock has a standard 100-by-600-foot (30 m × 183 m) chamber, similar to other locks on the river, and a vertical lift of 11 feet (3.4 m). The dam is 536 feet (163 m) long and includes 108 wicket gates and a Tainter gate; it is one of two Illinois dams which still uses wicket gates. The control station is for the most part a large, functional building, though it has Art Deco surrounds at the main entrance. The district also contains an original maneuver boat designed to raise and lower the dam's wicket gates; the boat is still used and is one of four boats of its kind left in the United States.

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The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 10, 2004.

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References

Peoria Lock and Dam Wikipedia