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Title
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Roller dam at Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, Lock and Dam No. 15
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Description
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Looking northeast at the Lock and Dam 15, completed in 1933, which spans the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa. From verso: The United States locks and dam No. 15, regulating the waters of the Mississippi at Davenport, largest of its type in the United States, raises the level of the river 18 feet at this point and is part of the government's canalization project of the upper Mississippi. Built at a cost of approximately $6,000,000. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 53887.
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Date Created
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1960
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PID
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grinnell:16196