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Lock and Dam No. 12 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River at Bellevue, Iowa, United States.The movable portion of the dam starts at the locks adjacent to the Iowa shore and is 849 feet (258.8 m) long, consisting of seven tainter gates and three roller gates.
Bellevue State Park is a state park of Iowa, USA, along the banks of the Mississippi River just south of Bellevue.. The park lies in two separate tracts. The Nelson Unit is at the immediate south edge of Bellevue on U.S. Route 52 (The Great River Road), atop a 300-foot (91 m) limestone bluff.
Bellevue (/ ˈ b ɛ l v j uː / BEL-vew) is a city in eastern Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The city lies along the Mississippi River (at Lock and Dam No. 12) and next to Bellevue State Park. In 2020 its population was 2,363; up from a count of 2,191 at the 2010 Census, making it the second-largest and only growing city in Jackson County ...
HAER No. IA-24, "Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 12, Bellevue, Jackson County, IA", 23 photos, 14 data pages, 2 photo caption pages HAER No. IA-25, " Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 14, Le Claire, Scott County, IA ", 54 photos, 17 data pages, 4 photo caption pages
Unlike the Lower Mississippi, much of the upper river is a series of pools created by a system of 29 locks and dams. The structures were authorized by Congress in the 1930s, and most were completed by 1940. [8] A primary reason for damming the river is to facilitate barge transportation. The dams regulate water levels for the Upper River and ...
The Mississippi River’s southbound current typically runs 5 or 6 miles per hour, so the paddling is primarily done for position. It’s not too strenuous. It is a family adventure that, if ...
Many Mississippi River towns formed in the 19th century. Pulp and paper mills, chemical plants, coal operations and the metals industry grew up along the massive river that provided a cheap and ...
The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red. The first bridge (and only log bridge ) over the Mississippi, about 25 feet west of its source at Lake Itasca This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's ...