Lock and Dam No. 5A

Lock and Dam No. 5A

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caption=Lock and Dam 5A, Upper Mississippi River. View is upriver to the northwest.
official_name=
crosses= Upper Mississippi River
reservoir=Pool 5A
locale=Trempealeau, Wisconsin
maint= United States Army Corps of Engineers
length= convert|682|ft|m|1(movable portion)
height=
width=
began=1932
open=June 1936
closed=
reservoir_capacity=
reservoir_catchment=
reservoir_surface=
coordinates= coord|43|59|59|N|91|26|18|W|region:US_type:landmark
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Lock and Dam No. 5A is a lock and dam located near Fountain City, Wisconsin and Goodview, Minnesota on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 728.5. It was constructed in 1932, placed in operation in 1936. Its last major rehabilitation was from 1989 through 2000. The dam consists of a concrete structure convert|682|ft|m|1 long with five roller gates and five tainter gates with an earth embankment convert|22000|ft|m|1 long. Its concrete overflow spillway is convert|1000|ft|m|1 long and its lock is convert|110|ft|m|1 wide by convert|600|ft|m|1 long.

External links

* [http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/navigation/default.asp?pageid=145&subpageid=165 USACE Lock and Dam 5a]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mn0117 Survey number HAER MN-23 - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5A, Winona vicinity, Winona County, MN]
*Geolinks-US-streetscale|44.085119|-91.673698


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