Lock and Dam No. 13

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caption=Lock and Dam No. 13 on the Mississippi River. View is upriver to the north.
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crosses= Upper Mississippi River
reservoir=Pool 13
locale=Clinton, Iowa
maint= United States Army Corps of Engineers
length= convert|5138|ft|m|1
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began=1935
open=May 13, 1938
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coordinates= coor dms|41|53|53|N|90|09|21|W|region:US_type:landmark
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Lock and Dam No. 13 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River above Fulton, Illinois and Clinton, Iowa. This facility offers visitors a view of the barges and boats locking through on the widest pool in the Upper Mississippi River.

The movable portion of the dam is convert|1066|ft|m|1 long and consists of ten tainter gates and three roller gates. The non-movable portion of the dam continues toward the Iowa shore with a convert|200|ft|m|1 storage yard, a convert|728|ft|m|1 non-submersible dike, a convert|1650|ft|m|1 submersible dike, and a convert|1315|ft|m|1 non-submersible dike with two convert|90|ft|m|1 transitional sections between the submersible and non-submersible sections. There is also an convert|8940|ft|m|1 non-submersible dike on the Illinois side east of the locks. The main lock is convert|110|ft|m|1 wide by convert|600|ft|m|1 long and like most other sites in the project, it has a smaller, unfinished, auxiliary lock. In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 13 Historic District, #04000173 covering convert|2542|acre|km2|1, 1 building, 6 structures, and 4 objects.

This lock and dam represent the man-made exit from the Driftless Area, where shipping has to travel a few feet above bedrock over the 9 foot shipping channel. It's about 522 feet above sea level.

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External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0550 Survey number HAER IL-26 - Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 13, Upper Mississippi River, Fulton vicinity, Whiteside County, IL]
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