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Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a dam and two locks at river mile 200.78 on the Upper Mississippi River about 17 miles (27 km) north of Saint Louis Missouri. The collocated National Great Rivers Museum at 1 Lock and Dam Way East Alton Illinois explains the structure and its engineering.Construction began in 1979 the main lock opened in 1990 and the full structure was completed in 1994. It replaced the earlier Lock and Dam No.

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length (km)
353.568
building start year
1978-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
location
Alton Illinois, West Alton Missouri, United States
opening year
1989-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operator
United States Army Corps of Engineers
part
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river
Upper Mississippi River
latitude
38.8692
longitude
-90.1536

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