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Lock and Dam No. 6. In 2016 the Kieldrecht Lock in the Port of Antwerp in Belgium took over the title of the world's largest lock from the Berendrecht Lock in the same port and still has the title for largest volume. In 2022 the IJmuiden sea lock serving the Port of Amsterdam became the world's largest lock by surface area. The lock is 500 m ...
Roller gates of Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 15, the largest roller dam in the world. Roller dams are a type of weir, or a dam that is designed to allow water to flow over the top in continuous action. They are used on rivers or other such moving bodies of water where erosion damage is undesirable, yet likely to occur.
The original navigation lock at Bonneville opened in 1938 and was, at that time, the highest single-lift lock in the world, with a vertical lift of 60 feet. [12] Although the dam began to produce hydroelectricity in 1937, commercial electricity began its transfer from the dam in 1938.
Riley's Lock (Lock 24) which doubled as the aqueduct over Seneca Creek, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Seneca Aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is a disused naviduct, consisting of a lock (Riley's Lock) and an aqueduct. The lock is located next to the aqueduct, but both are part of a single structure made out of sandstone.
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.
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T. J. O’Brien Lock and Dam on the Calumet River, part of the Illinois Waterway. A series of eight locks, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, controls water flow from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system. The upper lock, T.J. O'Brien, is 7 miles from Lake Michigan on the Calumet River and the last lock is 90 miles (140 km ...
Lock and Dam No. 26 was a lock and dam located near Alton, Illinois on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 202.5.. Opened in 1938, its largest lock was 600 feet long. It was demolished in 1990 and replaced by the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, which is also known as Lock and Dam number 26.