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2. Lock and Dam No. 9 - Wikipedia

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   Lock and Dam No. 9 is an American lock and dam located near Lynxville, Wisconsin and Harpers Ferry, Iowa on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 647.9. The lower portion of Pool 9 was formally named Lake Winneshiek. The normal pool elevation behind the dam is 620 feet (189.0 m). It was constructed and placed in operation in July 1937.

3. Allegheny River Lock and Dam No. 3 - Wikipedia

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   The lock and fixed-crest dam [3] were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of an extensive system of locks and dams to improve navigation along the Allegheny River. C.W. Bill Young Lock and Dam is located about 14.5 Miles up the Allegheny River from the Point in Downtown Pittsburgh.

4. Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam - Wikipedia

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   The lock is the fourth-highest single lift lock in the United States, and raises and lowers barges 84 feet (26 m). The dam forms Bay Springs Lake . Originally named Bay Springs Lock and Dam, the structure was renamed for Jamie Whitten , who served Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives for over 50 years (as of 2008 [update ...

5. Ready-to-assemble furniture - Wikipedia

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   Ready-to-assemble furniture has roots that extend back a long way, as cabinetmakers have been making furniture that is easy to disassemble for transport for centuries. The New American Cyclopaedia of 1859 listed the assembly of furniture as an "American invention" [ 2 ] that emphasized ease of transport, but this claim is rather vague.

6. Lock and Dam No. 13 - Wikipedia

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   The main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide by 600 feet (182.9 m) long and like most other sites in the project, it has a smaller, unfinished, auxiliary lock. [2] In 2004, the facility was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Lock and Dam No. 13 Historic District, #04000173 covering 2,542 acres (10.3 km 2 ), 1 building, 6 ...

7. Peoria Lock and Dam - Wikipedia

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   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 that still use wicket gates. [4]