These are notes that I am writing to help me learn our industrial history. They are my best understanding, but that does not mean they are a correct understanding.
Friday, August 4, 2017
Olmsted Dam on the Ohio River
Satellite
Google Map still has the same image in Aug 2020.
These notes need a lot more work because I have taken some of my own photos of the work, but I wanted to capture crane posts that were made during construction. (Update: I put my photos in another post.)
The USACE had successfully pioneered the in-the-wet construction technique with the Braddock Dam That dam was finished in 2004. But I suspect that the currents in the Monongahela River are slower than those in the lower Ohio River.)
USACE Near the confluence of the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers is where more commerce traverses than any other location on the entire U.S. inland waterways. With Olmsted, economic net benefits to the nation are more than $640 million annually, and the structures will pay for themselves in approximately four years. The Olmsted project consists of two 110’ x 1,200’ locks adjacent to the Illinois bank, and a dam comprised of five tainter gates, 1,400’ of boat-operated wickets and a fixed weir. The Olmsted Locks and Dam will eliminate aging structures Ohio River Locks and Dams 52 and 53. There will be a fourfold increase in efficiency as Olmsted provides for a single project with twin 1,200' locks. Reliability will also be significantly increased as the existing locks are decades beyond their designed service life.
Dan O'Neal posted two photos with the comment: "A couple more of the platform ringer at Olmsted Dam."
[This 60' ringer is the USACE's Hercules crane.]
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Dan O'Neal posted
Platform ringer 632,000# bulkhead on the hook Olmsted Locks and Dam Olmsted, Ill. Dan O'NealA Manitowoc fan would be in heaven on this job 1 platform ringer 2 4600, 4 or 5 4100, a 16000 with a luffer a 418 linkbelt, and 2 230 terex crawlers. Dan O'NealThe platform ringer I think is rated at 700 tons at one time was owned by Lampson they have a series4 and a series3 set up as a clam rig. the s4 is set up as a hook rig, the platform ringer was purpose built I think there were 3 or 4 built no undercarrige geared ring, Ben Stalvey knows more about it than I do.Ben Stalvey36 ft or 60ft??????????? Ben Stalvey4 36ft platform ringers Ben Stalvey60ft was 6 Dan O'Neal60' Ben Stalvey1 60 ft diameter Ringer S3 also Dan O'Neal TVA had a s4 4600 ringer w/offset cab and 37 boom it was a hoss ! Ben StalveyVery neat the above machine in this picture is actually a ex American Bridge crane. When it was bought new. Dan O'NealIt was owned by Lampson at one time. And of course in Lampson livery.
Glenn Johansen posted four photos with the comment: "Happy Labor Day from Olmsted Dam America!"
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Micahael Hastings commented on the above posting
Michael Hastings commented on Ben Stalvey's posting Ben StalveyGroup AdminVery true that sure is one of the platform ringers
Glenn Johansen posted
Ok I'm on a roll today.
[It looks like he is raising old fashioned wickets like those used by Dams #52 and #53, which this dam is supposed to replace!]
Glenn Johansen posted
The new look for upcoming lifts. After the load test Tuesday [Sept 26, 2017]. Glenn Johansen160 now. Shelley Jones4600 o n 60 ft ring
Just finished putting this big dog together at olmsted lock and Dam today Ben StalveyGroup AdminWho's 4600 ringer looks very nice Taylor KingMassman's Rig, just left from up here in Little Arkansas.... Broadway Bridge Project....
James Mike Thomason posted three photos. I think the yellow "balls" are filled with water to make a test load. That means the blue one has also recently been assembled.
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They have been working on this dam for years. I would thought they would have already brought in the cranes needed to build it. But it was supposed to be done in 2016. So maybe they are throwing more money at it to try to get it finished. They are having to waste money repairing Dam #52 because this dam was supposed to have replaced it in 2016.
A video of the lift. (I hope Facebook gave me a permanent URL.) I don't know if it turns so slow because they have to pump water out of tanks in the barge on one side while pumping water into tanks on the other side. Certainly the guys on the end of the ropes can walk faster.
Massman Construction Co. posted two photos with the comment: "This #throwbackthursday shows Massman’s Manitowoc 4600 Ringer installing a 340-ton operations and maintenance bulkhead at the Olmsted Locks. The phases of the larger Olmsted program that Massman participated in were completed within budget and on or ahead of schedule, with one contract winning a Associated General Contractors of America Build America Award. Massman’s fleet of company-owned equipment provides unsurpassed value to both public and private project owners, with floating crane capacities up to 600 tons. @ Olmsted Locks and Dam"
This unique project for the US Army Corps of Engineers featured construction of four floating approach walls for the Olmsted Dam on the Ohio River. The walls are concrete pontoons up to 350 feet long that were built in a dry graving yard 50 miles upstream from the project and towed to the job. At the jobsite, the walls are anchored in place with a guide system that is founded on 10-foot-diameter drilled shafts.
Operating and Maintenance Bulkheads – On a separate contract at the same jobsite, Massman installed guides and erected twin 335 ton bulkheads, under very tight tolerances for the new locks. This work required a sophisticated erection plan to “thread-the-needle” with the large gates
Ingram Barge Company's 6,500 horsepower M/V YOUNGSUK CHI threading the needle at Olmsted Lock, the Ohio Rivers newest lock.
It replaced Lock #’s 52 & 53 between Paducah, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois. Ominous clouds hang over the lock, but there truly never is a bad day on the river!
Aug 30, 2018 - In front of a crowd of about 250 elected officials, contractors and industry supporters, the Corps of Engineers formally dedicated Olmsted Locks ...
Jul 31, 2018 - The $3 billion Olmsted Lock and Dam project along the Ohio River will become operational in October after 30 years of construction slowdowns ...
Sep 4, 2018 - After 30 years, $3 billion and 45 million construction work hours, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted the ceremonial opening of the ...
Olmsted Dam will replace two of the original locks and dams that were completed in 1929. An AECOM-led joint venture is building the dam in an innovative ...
Jul 29, 2018 - OLMSTED, Ill. (AP) — Army Corps of Engineers officials are expected this fall to partially open new lock-and-dam system on the Ohio River ...
The Olmsted Lock and Dam project was authorized by Congress in 1988 and construction commenced in 1993. The new twin lock chambers were constructed between 1995 and 2002. Construction of the dam is ongoing. The new dam will consist of five massive tainter gates measuring 110’ wide by 41 feet tall and 140 wicket gates to facilitate navigation.
In 2014, Mahan was awarded a fixed-price, best-value contract to replace hydraulic cylinders on the miter gates and culvert valves in the lock chambers and associated improvements. The work scope included dewatering both lock chambers, cleaning of miter gates and culvert valves, extension of two maintenance bulkhead reinforced concrete sills, replacement of air bubbler and grease lines in the lock chambers along with solenoid valves on the bubbler system, repair of culvert valve latching bars, addition of a culvert valve support beam and replacement of lock control systems. Also included is the removal and replacement of the hydraulic cylinders for eight miter gates and eight culvert valves, fabrication of two new spare hydraulic cylinders for miter gates and culvert valves, and replacement of sixteen latching hydraulic cylinders including four spares.
The project was originally envisioned as a two season operation in order to maintain one lock chamber in service at all times. Mahan proposed and the USACE agreed to an acceleration of the contract whereby work in both chambers could be completed in 2015. The balance of work completed in 2016 consisted of removing and replacing hydraulic cylinders that were delayed due to a material design change initiated by the USACE. This work was completed in 2016 without dewatering the lock chambers and with minimal disruptions to lock operations.
[I quoted all of the text since corporate web sites have a track record of breaking URLs. I've already come across a broke link to this concerning another project.]
2:08 timelapse video @ 0:30 [Around 1:06 you can see the water churn in the river to the left of the lock because the water is coming out of the lock.]
We Work the Waterways posted two photos with the comment:
After getting tied off in the chamber Captain John Vaughn of the WOOD takes a photo of Marquette’s M/V ST. PHILLIP just after she departs the lock southbound!
This is on the lower Ohio River between Paducah, Kentucky and Cairo, Illinois.
Courtesy of Capt John Vaughn.
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