Lock and Dam No. 24 Historic District - Clarksville, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Lock and Dam #24 was constructed between 1936 and 1940 and went into operation May 12, 1940. The dam is 1340 feet long with 15 tainter gates. Dam #24 was the first dam in the Upper Mississippi River 9-foot Channel Project to be built without roller gates instead the dam used the most technologically advance at the time tainter gates. The lock is a single lock 600 feet long and 110 feet wide. The lock and dam have far exceeded their design life of 50 years and are undergoing renovations.

Street address: 350 N. First St. Clarksville, County / Borough / Parish: Pike County Year listed: 2004 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Transportation - Water-Related Current function: Transportation - Water-Related Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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