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Biggest lock on Mississippi
Main lock on chain of Rocks Locks No. 27 above St Louis is 1200 ft long and 110 ft wide; its east wall is 92 ft high and 45 ft wide, gates are of welded construction; dredging 2,500,000 cu yd of excavation was performed by floated cutterhead dredge; lock contains 40,000 cu yd concrete, 2,940,000 lb reinforcing steel and 3,040,000 lb structural steel; work stages illustrated.
Biggest lock on Mississippi
Main lock on chain of Rocks Locks No. 27 above St Louis is 1200 ft long and 110 ft wide; its east wall is 92 ft high and 45 ft wide, gates are of welded construction; dredging 2,500,000 cu yd of excavation was performed by floated cutterhead dredge; lock contains 40,000 cu yd concrete, 2,940,000 lb reinforcing steel and 3,040,000 lb structural steel; work stages illustrated.
Biggest lock on Mississippi
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 145
1950
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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