1903-1995 Kentucky River Lock and Dam #9

(Satellite)

This was part of the Kentucky River Waterway.

It was closed to navigation in 1995. [abandoned]

This dam supplies water for more than 325,000 people. [stantec]

The height is 36' and it holds 16,000 acre-feet. [inspection]

ymaws, p28

The river was high enough to go over the auxiliary dam as well as the main dam and highlights the "bumpy" spillway of cell dams. Starting on page 35, ymaws explains why they choose a cell dam design and has a lot of photos of the construction.

Satellite

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cjmahan
The dam was replaced during 2007-09 with a new sheet pile dam at a cost of $14,747,000.
[This site has some more construction photos.]

ymaws, p11
This was the first dam on the river to use concrete. Locks 1-8 were rock-filled timber crib.
[This report was prepared by Stantec.]

ymaws, p19
Repaired during 2007-10 with a cost of $14.7m.
[This photo is not consistent with p28 nor satellite images.]

ymaws, p21

ymaws, p26

ymaws, p27

Many of the photos and diagrams explained how they poured concrete in the cells while they were still filled with water; that is, "in the wet." This page concerning the havoc caused by a high river was of particular interest.

ymaws, p51

uky, p13

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