Lock and Dam No. 15
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| Lock and Dam No. 15 | |
 Lock and Dam No. 15 on the Mississippi River. View is from the Illinois side of the river looking across to Davenport, Iowa. |
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| Impounds | Upper Mississippi River |
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| Creates | Pool 15 |
| Locale | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Maintained by | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Length | 1,203 feet (366.7 m) |
| Construction began | 1931 |
| Opening date | March 7, 1934 |
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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 if 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 (182.9 m) long and its auxiliary lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 360 feet (109.7 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 (14.5 km²), 2 buildings, 9 structures, and 1 object.
[edit] See also
- Government Bridge, passes over the locks.
- Rock Island Arsenal adjacent to the locks.
[edit] External links
- Tour of Locks and Dam 15
- HAER - Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 15, Upper Mississipi River (Arsenal Island), Rock Island, Rock Island County, IL
- US Army Corp of Engineers LD 15 Cam 2 – Live camera of Lock & Dam 15, picture updated every 60 seconds
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
| Locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River | |
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| USAF • LSAF • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 5A • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 | |
| Upstream: Lock and Dam No. 14 |
Downstream: Lock and Dam No. 16 |
