the entire river, from the headwaters to the gulf
2006-08-24 16:25:13 · 7 answers · asked by D B 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The locks and dams consists of a series of 29 locks and dams on the Mississippi River above St. Louis, Mo., insuring a 9-foot channel for barge traffic as far upstream as St. Paul, Minn. The bulk of the system was built in the 1930s.
For a animation of a Lock and Dam operation
http://www.mvp-wc.usace.army.mil/projects/general/ld_animation.gif
For a map of the locks and dams:
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/rivers/upper_mississippi/select_a_reach.html
2006-08-25 08:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mississippi River Dams
2016-11-16 01:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by greenan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
27
2006-08-30 10:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by wemage53 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Locks On The Mississippi River
2016-06-20 12:11:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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yep at every one would need to know which damn or locks name to look them up made the trip from tennessee when i was a kid with my dad took over a week small boat
2016-04-11 00:36:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found out their is 29
2014-09-23 14:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the actual river..27..all north of st. louis mo.......there are other offshoots (canals) once you get down to new orleans where you go into the intercoastal waterway
2006-08-24 16:33:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no idea... I've got better things to do than to count the locks and dams
2006-08-30 09:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by pupsik_2001 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
only 31
2006-08-30 12:22:28 · answer #9 · answered by hashem a 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what do ya mean by working locks.
2016-03-14 22:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋