Lock and Dam No. 10

Lock and Dam No. 10

Infobox_Dam
dam_name=



caption=Mississippi River Lock and Dam number 10.
official_name=
crosses= Upper Mississippi River
reservoir=Pool 10
locale=Guttenberg, Iowa
maint= United States Army Corps of Engineers
length= convert|5447|ft|m|1
height=
width=
began=1934
open=November 1937
closed=
reservoir_capacity=
reservoir_catchment=
reservoir_surface=
coordinates= coord|42|47|06|N|91|05|42|W|region:US_type:landmark
extra=location map|Iowa|label= |lat_deg=42|lat_min=47|lat_sec=06|lon_deg=-91|lon_min=-05

Lock and Dam No. 10 is a lock and dam located in Guttenberg, Iowa on the Upper Mississippi River around river mile 615.0. It was constructed and placed in operation November 1937. The site underwent major rehabilitation 1989 -- 2006. The dam consists of a concrete dam convert|763|ft|m|1 long with four roller gates and eight tainter gates. The earth embankment is convert|4223|ft|m|1 long [ [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0180 Survey number HAER IA-22 - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg, Clayton County, IA] as built drawings.] with a concrete spillway convert|1200|ft|m|1 long. The lock is convert|110|ft|m|1 wide by convert|600|ft|m|1 long.

The Friends of Pool 10 is a volunteer organization dedicated to the cleanup of the sloughs, backwaters and islands of the pool. Its first annual cleanup was in April 2007.

References

External links

* [http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/navigation/default.asp?pageid=145&subpageid=182 USACE Lock and Dam 10]
* [http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/rivers/upper_mississippi/reach_1/pool_10/pool_10.html USGS Reach 1, Pool 10]
* [http://crunch.tec.army.mil/dpn/webpages/DPNDetail.CFM?ID=1197 Civil works Digital project notebook]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0180 Survey number HAER IA-22 - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 10, Guttenberg, Clayton County, IA]
* [http://www.mwnews.net/html/mcgregor_marquette.html news article on Friends of Pool 10]


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