Lock and Dam No. 16

Lock and Dam No. 16 ( lock and dam No. 16) is one of 29 dams that enable navigation on the upper Mississippi. Built between 1933 and 1937 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers combined building is located in Muscatine in Muscatine County, Iowa. On the opposite right bank of the rock Iceland County is located in Illinois. In 2004, the Lock and Dam No. was. 16 Historic District was added to the NRHP.

Barrage

To barrage includes a stone dam on the Illinois side, and a 400.80 m long variable part, which consists of a segment 15teiligen weir and four jam rolls.

The dam height is 9 feet (2.70 m). The purpose of the weir is not the flood, but the damming of the Mississippi for navigation.

Lock

The lock is 182.9 m long and 33.5 m wide.