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Lock and Dam #1

Ford Dam, officially known as Lock and Dam No. 1, is on the Upper Mississippi River and is located between Minneapolis and Saint Paul,… Read more…

Lock and Dam #1
Ken Gardner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / Public domain
 

Ford Dam, officially known as Lock and Dam No. 1, is on the Upper Mississippi River and is located between Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota just north of the confluence of the Mississippi with the Minnesota River at Mississippi River mile 847.9, in Minneapolis. The powerhouse portion was previously owned by the Ford Motor Company, which operated a hydroelectric power station to feed electricity to its Twin Cities Assembly Plant on the east side of the river. It was sold to Brookfield Power Co. in April 2008. The dual-lock facility and dam was built and is operated by the St. Paul district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division.

Source: Wikipedia

More information and contact

National Park Service website www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/lockdam1.htm
Phone +1 612 724 2971
Address Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Saint Paul, MN 55116, USA
Coordinates 44°54'56.113" N, 93°12'3.182" W
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