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Melvin Price Locks and Dam

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{{Infobox dam
| name =Melvin Price Locks and Dam
| image = Mississippi River Lock and Dam number 26.jpg
| image_size = 280px
| image_caption = Melvin Price Locks and Dam
(Lock and Dam number 26)
| name_official =
| dam_crosses = Upper Mississippi River
| res_name = Pool 26
| location = Alton, Illinois / West Alton, Missouri, USA
| operator = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District
| dam_length = {{convert|1160|ft|m|1}}
| dam_height =
| dam_width_base =
| construction_began = 1978
| opening = 1989
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|238000|acre feet|km3|abbr=on}}
| res_catchment = {{convert|171470|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}
| res_surface =
| coordinates = {{coord|38|52|09|N|90|09|13|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| location_map = USA Missouri
}}

Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a dam and two locks at river mile 200.78 on the Upper Mississippi River, about {{convert|17|mi|km}} north of Saint Louis, Missouri. The collocated National Great Rivers Museum, at 1 Lock and Dam Way, East Alton, Illinois, explains the structure and its engineering.

Construction began in 1979, the main lock opened in 1990, and the full structure was completed in 1994. It replaced the earlier Lock and Dam No. 26, demolished in 1990, and is the first replacement structure on the Upper Mississippi River nine-foot navigation project. The main lock is {{convert|1200|ft|m}} long and {{convert|110|ft|m}} wide; the auxiliary is {{convert|600|ft|m}} long and {{convert|110|ft|m}} wide. The main lock has a vertical lift gate and a miter gate while the aux. lock has two miter gates. The dam is {{convert|1160|ft|m}} long with 9 tainter gates, each {{convert|110|ft|m}} wide by {{convert|42|ft|m}} high.

It is named after Illinois Congressman Charles Melvin Price.

References

Map of Melvin Price Locks and Dam area

External links

[https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/Locks-and-Dams/Melvin-Price/ Melvin Price Locks and Dam - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]
[https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Rivers-Project-Office/NGRM/ National Great Rivers Museum (USACE)]
[https://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Rivers-Project-Office/ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project Office]
{{HAER |survey=IL-32 |id=il0556 |title=Upper Mississippi River {{convert|9|ft|m|adj=on}} Channel Project, Lock & Dam 26R, Alton vicinity, Madison County, IL |photos=59 |data=9 |cap=5}}
Hydroacoustic Identification and Sampling of Fish Aggregations in Tailwater Areas (2005 Monitoring Report – Fish Passage Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Alton, Illinois and Lock and Dam 22, Saverton, Missouri)

{{Locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River|before=Lock and Dam No. 25|after=Chain of Rocks Lock}}

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