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Total capacity. 238,000 acre⋅ft (0.294 km 3) Catchment area. 171,470 sq mi (444,100 km 2) Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a dam and two locks at river mile 200.78 on the Upper Mississippi River, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Saint Louis, Missouri. The collocated National Great Rivers Museum [Wikidata], explains the structure and its engineering.
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.
Congressman Price had a role in enacting the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act. He died in 1988 of pancreatic cancer. [2] Price is the namesake of the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, near Alton, Illinois on the Upper Mississippi River, and the Melvin Price Federal Building and United States Courthouse in East St. Louis.
Melvin Price Locks and Dam aka Lock and Dam No. 26 East Alton, Illinois ... Lock & Dam 26, Alton, Madison County, IL", 81 photos, 10 data pages, 6 photo caption pages;
National Great Rivers Museum includes daily tours of Melvin Price Locks and Dam, the newest and busiest lock and dam complex on the main channel of the Mississippi River. [50] Audubon Center at Riverlands on the south side of the Melvin Price Locks and Dam, includes a small museum and is a well-known spot for birding enthusiasts. [51]
The Sam Vadalabene Bike Trail parallels the route between Pere Marquette State Park and Alton. The Confluence Bike Trail parallels the route from Alton south to Hartford. Other major points of interest along the Route include Piasa Park, the Clark Bridge in Alton, and the National Great Rivers Museum [Wikidata] at the Melvin Price Locks and Dam.
East Alton is located in northwestern Madison County at (38.883397, -90.106113). [8] It is ... Melvin Price Locks and Dam on the Mississippi River at East Alton ...
Points of interest along the trail include the Clark Bridge in Alton, the National Great Rivers Museum [Wikidata] at Melvin Price Locks and Dam, the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site, the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, the Chain of Rocks Canal, Chouteau Island and the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge (former U.S. Route 66 crossing).