Originally constructed in the 1930s, Lock and Dam 10 recently received a face-lift. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, along with the Rock Island District, replaced the miter gates at Guttenberg, Iowa, after over 90 years of service.
The old gates were removed with the help of Rock Island District’s 500-ton floating crane barge, the ‘Quad Cities’, and replaced with the new $3.3 million gates that were assembled at Newt Marine Services in Dubuque, Iowa. The work was completed over the course of five lock closures.
The work was performed by maintenance and repair crews from both the St. Paul and Rock Island districts.
The Lock and Dam 10 upstream gates weigh in at 246,000 pounds and are 25 feet tall and 60 feet wide.
The downstream gates are 266,000 pounds and 30 feet tall and 60 feet wide. “The successful installation of the new Lock and Dam 10 miter gates exemplifies the skill and professionalism of the Corps of Engineers’ operators and engineers. With team members from both the St. Paul and Rock Island districts working together, we accomplished a complicated and dangerous task safely and efficiently,” said Jim Cook, project manager.
As with previous new gate installs, these were preceded by upgrades to the miter gate anchorages. The Lock and Dam 10 anchorage upgrades happened during the winter of 2021-2022.
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| Date Taken: | 11.06.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2024 13:41 |
| Story ID: | 484850 |
| Location: | GUTTENBERG, IOWA, US |
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