1904-1995 Kentucky River Lock and Dam #10 near Ford, KY

(Satellite)

This was part of the Kentucky River Waterway.

Search finacnce.ky for "school lesson" for more information on Dam #10.

AbandonedOnline has three photos during the construction when the river was high. It also describes the construction and repair history of this dam.

PEO ACWA Flickr, Feb 2019, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Kentucky River Lock 10

Lock 10, located on the border of Madison and Clark counties near Fort Boonesborough State Park, undergoes renovation by the Kentucky River Authority. In the 1830s, engineers began the process of building locks and dams along the Kentucky River in order to provide reliable year-round navigation. In 1880, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers restored the early dams and completed 14 locks and dams on the 250-mile river. Today, only four of the locks are in operation. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant is committed to safely destroying chemical weapons while protecting nearby communities, their historic sites and the environment.

 

Visit our website for more information.

www.peoacwa.army.mil

Are they building a hydropower plant? Nope, the are building a $23m replacement dam upstream of the existing dam. [LynnImaging]

Satellite

Since the original dam is supposed to disappear, I saved a closeup image.

Satellite

CompassMuni
The rehab work cost at least $29m.

Kentucky maintains these dams because as much as 22% of the state's population draws its drinking water from the Kentucky River watershed. Dam #10 is the largest on the river. "The project will not be cheap — estimates given to KRA from consultants place the total cost to renovate the dam between $26 million and $28 million, with another $11 million to $12.5 million added on to that if KRA decided to renovate the sealed lock in the structure as well....The cost of the project to renovate the dam will be carried by the customers who use the water supplied by the pools the dams create." [WinchesterSun]

Brian Cartier, Jul 2022
[The lock was closed in 1994. I don't understand how dirt accumulated in the downstream approach in such as well defined pile.]

uky, p15

 

TheClio
Leadingham, Christopher et. al. "Kentucky River Museum." Clio: Your Guide to History. June 10, 2021. Accessed August 13, 2022.
[A maneuver boat is changing the adjustable crest.]

FortBoonesBouroughLivingHistory
An early photo from The US Army Corps of Engineers.

An adjustable crest must be a feature of the auxiliary dam. I see some "stuff" on top of that dam. This image shows that the river must be significantly higher than the main dam before water will spill over the auxiliary dam.

Satellite

0:19 video @ 0:14, Feb 5, 2019
[This is another demonstration that much of the Mississippi River watershed was flooded in 2019. The main dam is just a ripple in the water!]