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	Saint Anthony Falls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 17th century, the falls became known to the world beyond the indigenous people who lived in their vicinity when they were observed by Father Louis Hennepin, who also brought the existence of Niagara Falls to the world's attention.
		Anthony Falls was the upper limit of commercial navigation on the Mississippi until two dams and a series of locks were built between 1948 and 1963 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
		Completed in 1956, the lower St. Anthony Falls dam is a gravity-type hydro-electric dam 60 feet (18 m) in height, consisting of a 275 foot (84 m) long concrete spillway with 4 tainter gates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falls_of_Saint_Anthony (903 words)

	MERRIAM PARK'S HIDDEN LOCK AND DAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lock and Dam #2 was to be built first, just above the Lake Street bridge, below Meeker Island [one of many Mississippi islands dredged to oblivion].
		The lock lay on the east side of the river, in the very center of the Metro area, straddling the line between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Ramsey and Hennepin counties.
		The historic Meeker Island Lock and Dam was launched by a rivalry, swamped by a blunder and scuttled by history.
	www.merriam-park.org /POST/jun00/lock.html (1064 words)

	Caledonia Argus
		Eleven locks and dams safeguard the nine-foot navigational channel in the Mississippi River as it courses through and skirts Minnesota.
		The four metro locks are part of a larger 29-lock system built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Upper Mississippi.
		At issue is the proposed lengthening of 600-foot locks as to allow 1200-foot barges to enter without needing to split apart, sending the barge through the lock in sections.
	www.hometownargus.com /2003/september/2River.html (877 words)

	Grand Excursion Preview — Fort Snelling to Minneapolis, Minnesota
		During high water, before the locks and dams were built, a fast and turbulent rapids boiled through the gorge, jumping and twisting over the boulders left by the retreat of St. Anthony Falls.
		Lock and Dam 1, with its battleship-like control center, definitely belongs in the late 20th century.
		Congress authorized two of the first three locks and dams on the Mississippi River to overcome the rapids of the gorge.
	www.big-river.com /GEMJ4.html (1276 words)

	Upper Mississippi News, January-February 2005
		When water rushed in to fill the lock chamber, the pressure seriously damaged the gates, lock machinery and the concrete in which they were anchored.
		The dam removal marked the first time the Corps worked with a nonprofit organization since a federal law allowing such partnerships was passed in 1999.
		Meeker Island Lock and Dam, completed in 1907, operated only until 1912 when the feds scrapped both it and another low dam downstream in favor of a single higher dam in St. Paul.
	www.big-river.com /br.news.d.html (3938 words)

	FSTS Sources - Papers - ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT: PART 1 Archaeological Site Inventory - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A plan for a lock and dam near Meeker Island just north of the Lake Street bridge originally suggested in the 1860s was once again proposed.
		The Meeker Island Lock and Dam was largely completed in 1909, but a new "High Dam" (Lock and Dam No. 1) was then built in 1917 inundating the Meeker Island structure.
		With the completion of the Lower Lock and Dam in 1956 and the Upper Lock and Dam in 1963, the old municipal levee was no longer the head of navigation.
	www.fromsitetostory.org /sources/papers/mnarch48/48inv-bf-a.asp (2483 words)

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		Construction of the Meeker Island Lock and Dam, located just north of the Marshall Avenue bridge, was completed in 1907.
		Anfinson, Maloney and others plan to head out on the river later this month in search of Meeker Island's "bear trap gates," through which logs were sluiced to protect the dam.
		It took eight years to construct the Meeker Island Lock and Dam, but its usefulness was short-lived.
	www.merriam-park.org /POST/aug03/dam.htm (353 words)

	FMR - Culture & Recreation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This was the first dam ever built on the Mississippi River, located in the heart of the Mississippi River gorge just upstream of the Lake Street Bridge between Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
		Construction of the lock and dam was completed in 1907, and only five years later Congress authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to demolish it to allow for a high dam to generate hydroelectric power at what is now Lock and Dam 1.
		The Secret History of the Mississippi’s Earliest Locks and Dams (PDF - 781 KB) is an article by FMR board member and Mississippi River historian John Anfinson that was originally published in Minnesota History 54 (Summer 1995), by the Minnesota Historical Society.
	www.fmr.org /place.html (835 words)

	11 locks and dams safeguard navigational channel of Mississippi River
		According to the Corps: The Corps' current operating and maintenance budget for the Mississippi River lock and dam system is $175 million per year.
		So, the government has figured its economic cost-benefit ratio for the Mississippi River lock and dam system is 4-6 to 1, which means it gets $4-6 back for every $1 spent.
		This resulted in the construction of a 30-foot high dam and lock -- Lock No. 1 -- built five miles below St. Anthony Falls and the oldest lock on the Mississippi River.
	www.hometownsource.com /capitol/2003/August/29locksystem.html (1014 words)

	THE MEEKER, OHIO REVIEW
		The lock is badly rusted and immovable, but shows by its superior workmanship that the maker was master of his trade.
		The Meeker Methodist Church was organized in the spring of 1868 at a meeting held in the school house.
		Around 1906-07, Meeker was burglarized, two safes were blown, one was the Post Office, and on Monday morning my sister went to her school house, the Brown district and the burglar had stopped there and left papers from the post office safe.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Marion/meekerh1.htm (20332 words)

	City Pages - Let the River Run
		Between the lock, the dam, and the retaining walls that hug the bluffs, there is an unseemly amount of concrete.
		By the mid-1850s, civic leaders in Minneapolis and St. Anthony were clamoring for the construction of locks and dams.
		In the summer of 1999 a 24-foot-high hydroelectric dam was removed from the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine.
	www.citypages.com /databank/23/1140/article10764.asp (5082 words)

	Minneapolis and Saint Paul
		There were terrible fights over land grant bills to build locks and dams to extend the navigability of the river to and beyond St. Anthony.
		This was the end of what has been known as the Meeker Dam project, but the rivalry did not end there.
		When the first, Minnehaha Dam, was completed, they changed plans and converted the Minnehaha Dam to one high dam to improve navigation on the Mississippi and abandoned the Meeker Dam site.
	www.angelfire.com /pa/panknin/history.html (4238 words)

	Interpretive Tour of the Ruins of the Mississippi River’s First Lock & Dam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Participants will be able to see and touch the remains of the Mississippi River’s first lock and dam.
		Starting on the bluff top on East River Parkway, near the border of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Dr. Anfinson will provide an overview of the lock and dam’s construction, discuss the site’s historical significance, and explain why the Corps partially destroyed the structures after only five years.
		The tour will begin near the foundation of the lock master’s house, lead participants down the bluff face (on iron stairs built about 1899) to the ruins of the lock and associated buildings.
	www.nps.gov /miss/info/news_reports/2003/meeker_island.html (406 words)

	walking-tours
		Discover the island in the heart of the city and learn about the unique industrial and social history of the island.
		century houses on the upriver half of the island, with their varied architectural styles, and explore the industrial heritage of the lower end of the island.
		Learn why the lock was abandoned only five years after it was completed and hear how the Ford Dam went from being its twin to the project that led to its demise.
	www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us /hpc/walking-tours.asp (1142 words)

	http://www.ohiosci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm
		In place of costly locks that required an abundant water supply, it was decided to cut through the blue clay that separated the watersheds.
		The 12 locks between Middletown and Cincinnati were 24 m long, with 4.3-m wide interior chambers which could accommodate boats up to 80 tons.
		Meeker lived long enough to make the same trip by automobile (1915) and by airlpane (1924).
	www.ohiosci.org /OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm (16411 words)

	Mississippi National River & Recreation Area - Special Events
		Explore the nationally significant ruins of the Mississippi River's first lock and dam with National Park Service Historian Dr. John Anfinson.
		Beginning at the foundation of the lockmaster's house, John will lead participants down the bluff face to the lock and remains of associated structures.
		During the tour, you will learn why the Army Corps of Engineers abandoned the site only five years after finishing it and how Lock and Dam No. 1 (the Ford Dam) went from being the Meeker Island Lock and Dam's twin to the project responsible for its demise.
	www.nps.gov /miss/pphtml/eventdetail16757.html (116 words)

	Category:Canal locks - Wikimedia Commons
		Early registration for Wikimania 2006 is open through July 9.
		Canal locks are for lifting or lowering ships from one water level to another.
		Please put all other types of "locks" into Category:Sluice.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Category:Canal_locks (50 words)

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		05338500 2 Fixed crest conservation dam a short distance 05338500 3 upstream from gage has had consistent 05338500 4 invariant effect over the period of record.
		Minor flow regulation 05420500 6 by navigation dams since about 1938 - should not 05420500 7 significantly affect monthly discharges and 05420500 8 should have only minor affect on daily 05420500 9 discharges.
		09304500 0 WHITE RIVER NEAR MEEKER, CO. 09304500 1 Water years 1902 and 1910 have periods of 09304500 2 constant estimated flow that fall short of the 09304500 3 criteria for estimated flow discussed in the 09304500 4 text.
	pubs.usgs.gov /of/1992/ofr92-129/hcdn92/hcdn/comments.dat (18675 words)

	Archives
		The tour meets at the kiosk near the Nicollet Island Inn at 95 Merriam St.
		The final Downtown tour explores the Meeker Island Lock and Dam on Sept. 16 from 10 a.m.-noon and from 1-3 p.m.
		This tour will focus on the ruins of the first lock and dam on the Mississippi River, the lockmaster’s house and the history behind the dam project.
	www.skywaynews.net /articles/2006/06/12/news/news06.txt (649 words)

	MN Fisheries
		After the opening of the upper lock at the Falls in 1963, it became possible for fish to move beyond this barrier at least 20 km upstream to the Coon Rapids Dam, which was built in 1914.
		Smith and Moyle (1944) also reported their occurrence in Two Island River, but we do not have the specimens.
		Etheostoma chlorosoma—Four specimens of bluntnose darter were collected in Navigation Pool 9 near the Iowa border in 1944, and two were collected from an overflow pool near the mouth of the Root River in 1945 (not catalogued).
	www.mnacadsci.org /Journal/03_ANewDistributionListOfMNFisheries.htm (10312 words)

	Kenny Neighborhood - Interpretive Tour of the Ruins of the Mississippi River's First Lock & Dam
		Meeker ruins, but during this walking tour participants will be able
		Anfinson will provide an overview of the lock and dam's construction,
		the ruins of the lock and associated buildings.
	www.kennyneighborhood.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=502 (261 words)

	Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board - What's New
		Discover what the river was like before and after construction of the locks.
		Minneapolis was home to both the first and last lock built on the Mississippi River.
		The tour will begin at the Upper St. Anthony Lock, travel to the site of the Meeker Island lock and end at Lock #1 at the Ford Dam.
	www.minneapolisparks.org /?PageID=52&prid=258 (411 words)

	Minnesota Session Laws 2005, Chapter 20
		Notwithstanding the grant expiration date of June 30, 2002, the commissioner of natural resources shall extend until June 30, 2007, the expiration date of a grant made to the city of Stillwater under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, used to match certain federal appropriations for flood hazard mitigation.
		This appropriation includes money for the following projects: removal of the dam on Rush Creek in Chisago County; repair of the bridge deck at Rapidan dam in Blue Earth County; repair of the Vermilion River dam in St. Louis County; and replacement of the dam on the Shellrock River.
		The grant to Blue Earth County for the Rapidan dam project is exempt from the local match requirement under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.511.
	www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us /slaws_html/2005/c020.html (11586 words)

	Rockford Register Star Online - Special Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		After the attacks, his favorite fishing spot became a restricted area because it was near a lock and dam system.
		For Betty Meeker, Sept. 11 was a precursor to her next tragedy: the death of her husband.
		And the troubles haven't ended for Meeker, who has to sell her house because her husband was the breadwinner.
	www.rrstar.com /specialreports/911/908region.shtml (2953 words)

	NextStep
		Anfinson has written and spoken about the Meeker ruins, but during this walking tour participants will be able to see and touch the remains of the Mississippi River’s first lock and dam.
		Starting on the bluff top on East River Road at Emerald Street Dr. Anfinson will provide an overview of the lock and dam’s construction, discuss the site’s historical significance, and explain why the Corps partially destroyed the structures after only five years.
		If you are interested in attending this presentation, please sign up in advance with Beth Storey, Friends of the Mississippi River, at 651/222-2193 ext.
	www.nextstep.state.mn.us /calendar_detail.cfm?eventID=1760 (196 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shannon K. Winsness~(404) 656-4905~1997 117~07110004~Mississippi River~L and D 22 to Cairo, IL~IL~05~River~State~Francis Okino, D.M.V.~(217) 785-2439~1997 127~07120005~Illinois River~Headwater to Peoria Lock and Dam~IL~5~River~State~Francis Okino, D.M.V.~(217) 785-2439~1997 153~07080101~Mississippi River~From IA side of Pool 15, at Davenport (11 mi)~IA~07~River~State~Mr.
		Pat McCann~(612) 215-0923~1997 570~09030003~Rainy Lake~St. Louis Co., SE of Island View~MN~05~Lake~State~Ms.
		Pat McCann~(612) 215-0923~1997 621~07010103~Mississippi River~Cohassett Dam to Grand Rapids Dam~MN~05~River~State~Ms.
	www.epa.gov /nwapsurf/downloadiwi/ready_for_import/_2/ii2_usdvw1p_2a.txt (6005 words)

	Upper Mississippi River Basin Technical Information
		Lock and Dam Number 5A at Fountain City, WI Prairie Island Park and Campground
		Lock and Dam Number 7 at La Crescent, MN Upper I-90 ramp; public use facility/ramp
		Lock and Dam 9 at Lynxville, WI Harper's Ferry landing; public use facility/ramp
	www.mvp-wc.usace.army.mil /org/umr2/landmarks2.html (935 words)

	Kenny Neighborhood - Minneapolis River Forum E-Newsletter 10-8-04
		B.F. Nelson Park, Main Street and Fourth Avenue NE Runners and walkers are invited to participate in the first Historic N.E. Run, sponsored by the St. Anthony West Neighborhood Organization to raise funds for the B.F. Nelson Park.
		The entrance fee is $25, and you may register at http://www.runningroom.com or by going to one of the Running Room stores in Uptown, Burnsville or Woodbury.
		The Rudy Bruner Foundation is seeking applications for their 2005 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence from persons involved in the planning, development or operation of an urban project.
	www.kennyneighborhood.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=504 (2230 words)

	ADOLPH F. MEYER: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
		The files contain correspondence and memoranda; notes and calculations; tables, graphs, and profiles; project reports; engineering and other maps; mechanical drawings; snapshot photographs; newspaper and magazine clippings; and large quantities of hydrological, meteorological, and other technical data.
		There are files related to the construction of locks and dams on the Mississippi River (1930s); the regulation of water and the generation of hydroelectric power in the Rainy River area of northern Minnesota (1910s-1950s); and irrigation and hydroelectric projects in Nebraska.
		There is information about Meyer's work on a railroad relocation project at Texarkana (Tex.); on projects related to mining operations near Gilbert and Aurora (Minn.); and in connection with the construction of Southdale Center, a large shopping mall at Edina (Minn.).
	www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/00065.html (2109 words)

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