Mississippi Lock and Dam #16 near Muscatine, IA

(John A. Weeks III; Satellite)

The entire "earthen dam" part is actually an overflow spillway.

USACE: locking through

USACE: facts and figures

John Weeks III

John Weeks III, cropped

Pam Brown commented on a post

 

Steve J Crile posted
Heading up-river, M/V Crimson Glory exits lock 16 near Muscatine on a warm, sunny Fourth of July [2022].

Flood of 2019: Chuck Hoist posted some drone photos on April 6.
James T Ebert I’ve never seen a lock completely submerged like this.

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One of three photos posted by Steve J Crile
M/V Joseph Patrick Eckstein heading up-river at Muscatine
[An interesting view of the bridge and dam. (Update: In fact, it is too interesting. Since the tow  appears close to the bridge, the bridge would be downstream of the dam if the tow is going up-river. But maps show that the bridge is upstream of the dam.)]

 

David Webster posted
#whereiswebbie
Ronald Goodwin: Lock 16
[Similar to Cory's June 15, 2022, post of Lock #12, the river is high and the Tainter gates are up while the roller gates are still down.]

Steve J Crile posted five photos with the comment: "That's one impressive crane!  @Lock 16 near Muscatine. Not really sure what the objective of the work is.  I noticed there is one less gate (see pic) that's been laying on it's side near the lock for over a year....maybe this is the gate that's currently hooked up to the crane."

Jess Mumma: That’s the rock island district army Corp of engineers newest boat the Quincy with their new crane...they just had the boat christened in Quincy last week and it’s headed back home to base in Leclaire, IA I believe where there may be a christening for the crane??!

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While looking for something else, I caught a tow in the process of double-locking through this lock

Satellite

Steve J Crile posted three photos with the comment: "Corps of Engineer's towboat Mississippi at Lock and Dam 16 heading up-river 8/9/21."

[I've seen comments on various posts that characterize this as the world's largest party boat. USACE uses it for "inspection tours" with dignitaries. After all, you don't need three engines to push one barge.]

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Comments on Steve's post

Not only does the Lower Mississippi River have water level problems, the drought is affecting the dam controlled Upper Mississippi River also.

2 of 28 photos posted by Raw Images Art & Photography.

Raw Images Art & Photography shared with the comment: "Some dredging on Mississippi River pool 16 last weekend."

Jan Danielsen: The docks have been removed at Leach Park boat ramp Bettendorf, Iowa and at Big Slough Thomson, Illinois. I imagine more places by now. Climbed in our boat from the bank yesterday pool 13 Thomson. 😀 It's that time of year.

a, 1 of 4 photos of the dredging operation
"On the Mississippi River pool 16 down near Andalusia.  They were dredging across from Buffalo Beach (IA) and then building up the beach a little ways down river."

b, a milage marker
[He has another photo that shows the left back pile has a complete air gap.]

Apr 22, 2023

David Webster posted
#whereiswebbie
Brad Montgomery: Easy peasy sb at 16
[I assume sb means southbound. But it looks northbound, or upbound, to me.
The arch of the Norbert F. Beckey Bridge must be out-of-frame on the right.
Some comments talk about the locks closing around the 24th.]

weather

Two screenshots from the first video posted by Debbie Hansohn Felsing. From the land visible in the right background starting around 2:57, I'm guessing it is going through this lock.

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