General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Lock |
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Location
| Location: |
West Linn, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA |
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| Impounds: |
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| Coordinates: | 45° 21' 24.60" N 122° 36' 53.06" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 087 m | |
| height difference | 15 m | |
| trough | width | 12 m |
| length | 64 m | |
| number | 4 |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 560 000 |
Materials
| walls |
stone
|
|---|---|
| gate |
timber
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Chronology
| 1868 | The Willamette Falls Canal and Locks Company is formed. |
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| 1872 | Construction begins. |
| 1 January 1873 | The locks are opened. |
| 1915 | The lock system is sold by Portland General Electric to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for $375,000. |
| 1916 | The locks are deepend by 0.6 m. |
| 1941 | Electricity and hydraulics replace manual operation. The timber gates are replaced with steel ones. |
| 1974 | Placed on National Register of Historic Places. |
Notes
The Willamette Falls Locks are the first and oldest continually operating multi-lock system in the United States.
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
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20058227 - Published on:
13/09/2010 - Last updated on:
02/03/2020
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