🚢 McAlpine Locks and Dam

United States · Americas · 38.28°N, 85.79°W

The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9-mile-long (117.3 km) navigation pool. The locks and their associated canal were the first major engineering project on the Ohio River, completed in 1830 as the 1.9-mile Louisville and Portland Canal, designed to allow shipping traffic to navigate through the Falls of the Ohio. The locks system is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	38.28°N, 85.79°W · view on map

McAlpine Locks and Dam is located in United States, in Americas.

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