Mississippi River Lock & Dam 17 near New Boston IL
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Some aerial footage of the area around the US Army Corps of Engineers Lock and dam #17.
Located near New Boston IL, on the Upper Mississippi River, at River Mile 437.1
Its main lock is 110 feet (33.5 m) wide and 600 feet (182.9 m) long with its bottom at an elevation of 518 feet (157.9 m). Normal pool elevation behind the dam is 536 feet (163.4 m).
River level was high on this day and the gates on the dam were open, so the rise of this lock was only inches. (The nominal lift is 4ft. or 1.2m with a maximum lift of 8ft. or 2.4m)
Thanks for the video! I am glad you showed the entire process including the first boat coming out going southbound.
Glad you enjoyed it! Hoping to revisit this and some other locks next year.
Thank you. So nice.
Our pleasure!
Thanks for the footage!
You bet!
My Dad was born at New Boston in 1916. I am very familiar with this area.
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I've tried several time to find this lock. There is a sign on 45th street just north of New Boston, but I always get lost.
Yes its well off the beaten path and It is down a gravel road with really nothing around. I dont remember the turns now, its been too long. GPS should be able to find it.
@@bw6378 I heard working on the river is Safer than working on the Alaska 🌊 🙈
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Кто вывел из шлюза первую половину состава барж ?
Google translate: Лебедкой выведена первая группа барж. (The first set of barges are winched out)
I was wondering that, too.
It looks like you can boat around the locks so why have locks when the water is the same level?
The locks are usually a channel deep enough for cargo barges. Those usually draw 9 feet.
The video was taken in the spring when the river was high. Later in the year the water drops and the dam is necessary to keep a deep enough water pool above the dam.
@@bw6378 I have been on the water a long time, 80 years, and the flood gate does not appear to go all the way to the opposite shore. (11:50 in the video) Now our water would simply flow around the end! Why not just motor thru the locks?
Good question, I think there are gates beside the lock which could be used for just that purpose. Why they still go through the lock is a question I don't have the answer for. I agree with you that it seems like it would save a lot of work.
@@bw6378 Perhaps the lock has the necessary depth, but the rest of the river does not. But this does not explain why, at the same level, it is impossible to pass through the lock through, with open gates on both sides.
Thank you very much for your video.
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