Starved Rock Locks & Dam, Illinois Waterway River mile 231, Peru, La Salle County, IL
Summary
Significance: Starved Rock Lock and Dam consists of a 1,310' straight-crested, reinforced-concrete gravity dam and a 110' x 600' Ohio River Standard lock with horizontally framed miter gates. A 518' headgate section and a 714' controlled spillway make up the dam, which ranges in height from 21' to 31' above the riverbed. Starved Rock is the southernmost facility in the original Illinois Waterway, which linked the Great Lakes to the lower reaches of the Illinois River and ultimately to the Gulf of Mexico. The waterway substantially increased the level of waterborne commercial traffic through the heart of the country.
Survey number: HAER IL-127
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000325
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Tags
dams
lock gates
navigation
illinois
locks
rock locks
dam
waterway
illinois waterway river mile
salle
la salle county
historic american engineering record
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ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
illinois
,
41.32753, -89.12897
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html