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General Investigations: FERC Licensing
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Dam Bridge and Gate Painting: Upper St. Anthony Falls through Lock and Dam 10
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East Two Rivers at Tower, Minnesota
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Effects of Recreational Boating on the Upper Mississippi River System
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Hydropower, Crown Hydro, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hydropower, Ford Plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Hydropower, Lock and Dam 2, Hastings, Minnesota
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Hydropower, Lower St. Anthony Falls Hydro, Minneapolis
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Hydropower, Upper St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis
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Integrated Watershed Study: Minnesota River Basin in Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota and Iowa
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Lock & Dam 10 Stage 2
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Lock Tow Haulage Units
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Lock and Dam 4 Embankment Environmental Assessment
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Locks and Dams 2 - 10, Embankment Maintenance Study
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Lower Pool 4 Channel and Dredged Material Management Study
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McMillan Island, Mississippi River Channel Maintenance
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Minnesota River Navigation Project
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Dam Safety Issues
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Mississippi Headwaters Reservoirs Project Sites
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Mississippi River Locks and Dams Nos. 2-10 Embankment Rehabilitation
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Mississippi River Major Maintenance / Rehabilitation
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Mississippi River: Lock & Dam 3 Navigation Safety and Embankments, Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Navigation and Environmental Sustainability Program (NESP)
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Navigation, Mississippi River, Lock Bulkheads and Slot Installation (Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa)
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Navigation: Mississippi River Project – American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funded Projects, Minnesota/Wisconsin/Iowa
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Operation and Maintenance, Lock and Dam 10 Stage 2
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Reconnaissance Study: Minnesota River Basin in MN, SD, IA and ND
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Recreational Boating Study of the Mississippi River, Pools 4 to 9, Summer 2003
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River Resource Values and Expectation
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Small-Boat Harbor Dredging, St. Paul, Minnesota (Harbor Dredging)
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St. Croix River: Endangered Mussel Conservation - Zebra Mussel Control
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Upper Mississippi River - Illinois Waterway System Navigation Study
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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Project - Locks & Dams
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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Project Channel Maintenance; Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa
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Warroad Harbor and River Harbor Dredging
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Upper St. Anthony Falls
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Overview
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- Located on Mississippi River mile 853.9, Minneapolis.
- Constructed and project in operation in September of 1963.
- Dam consists of a horseshoe dam with a chord dam downstream of the the horseshoe and a concrete overflow spillway owned by Xcel Energy Center.
- Lock is 56 feet wide by 400 feet long.
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Current year hydrologic data
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Information such as pool elevation, tailwater elevation and discharge.
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St. Anthony's Falls Visitor Center
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Because of construction, the Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam visitors' center is currently only open to scheduled group tours. To arrange such a tour email dam.tours@usace.army.mil or call tollfree 877-552-1416.
Please provide the following information in your tour request: group name, point of contact and how to reach this person, as well as the size and age of the group and the date and time of the requested tour.
The Corps of Engineers will do its best to accomodate all groups, but the number of tours and available dates may be limited.
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For more information
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Greg Yale
(612) 333-5336
1 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 54401-2528
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Pre-construction Photo
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Prior to the building of the Mississippi River locks and dams in Minneapolis, as in the adjacent photo taken Nov. 5, 1914, the river often came to a slow trickle during the dryer, or winter, months.
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Construction Photos
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May 9, 1960
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Nov. 21, 1960
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April 19, 1961
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[Printable Copy]
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