Lock and Dam No. 12
| Lock and Dam No. 12 | |
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 Lock and Dam No. 12 on the Mississippi River. View is upriver to the north. | |
| Location | Bellevue, Iowa / Hanover Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA |
| Coordinates | 42°15′41.08″N 90°25′12.47″W / 42.2614111°N 90.4201306°W |
| Construction began | 1934-1939 |
| Opening date | May 13, 1939 |
| Operator(s) |  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Upper Mississippi River |
| Length | 8,369 feet (2,550.9 m) |
| Reservoir | |
| Creates | Pool 12 |
| Total capacity | 92,000 acre⋅ft (0.113 km3) |
| Catchment area | 82,400 sq mi (213,000 km2) |
Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District | |
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| Location | 401 N. Riverview St., Bellevue, Iowa |
| Area | 101.7 acres (41.2 ha) |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | Edwin E. Abbot |
| Architectural style | lock and dam |
| MPS | Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Navigation Project MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000172[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 10, 2004 |
Lock and Dam No. 12 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River at Bellevue, Iowa, United States. The movable portion of the dam starts at the locks adjacent to the Iowa shore and is 849 feet (258.8 m) long, consisting of seven tainter gates and three roller gates. It connects to a 200-foot (61.0 m) storage yard and continues toward the Illinois shore with a 2,750-foot (838.2 m) non-submersible dike, a 1,200-foot (365.8 m) submersible dike and a 3,130-foot (954.0 m) non-submersible dike. The non-submersible sections are separated from the submersible section with two 120-foot (36.6 m) transitional dikes. 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] In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 12 Historic District, #04000172 covering 1,017 acres (4.1 km2), 1 building, 3 structures, and 4 objects.
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See also[edit]
- Savanna Army Depot, adjoining the facility on the Illinois side
- Public Works Administration dams list
- Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
References[edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Lock & Dam 12" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Lock and Dam No. 12 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- USGS Pool 12
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-24, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 12, Upper Mississippi River, Bellevue, Jackson County, IA", 23 photos, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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- Transportation buildings and structures in Jackson County, Iowa
- Buildings and structures in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Mississippi River locks
- Driftless Area
- Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
- Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Iowa
- Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Dams on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Locks on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Transportation buildings and structures in Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Transport infrastructure completed in 1939
- Roller dams
- Gravity dams
- Dams on the Mississippi River
- Mississippi Valley Division
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Bellevue, Iowa
- Locks on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Historic districts in Jackson County, Iowa