Friday, April 24, 2026

Hennepin Canal Locks #15, #16, #17 and Bridge

#15: (Satellite)
#16: (Satellite)
#17: (Satellite)
Bridge: (Satellite)


Lock #15


Hennepin Canal State Park posted
Today's Throwback Thursday photo shows lock tenders and their families at Lock 15 (located between Wyanet and Tiskilwa)  in the early 1900s.

Jacek O, Oct 2021

Lock #16


 Briana DeSanctis, Jan 2023

 Briana DeSanctis, Jan 2023

Mary Mccullough, Apr 2019

Zoey Rain posted two photos with the comment: "Lock 16. Very cool seeing these open after all these years!"
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Dan Hunter posted
Looks like the heavy rains took their toll on the dam at lock 16.
[This is Sep 2026. A comment indicates that they just built the dam in Summer 2026. The bulldozer has been there since they built the dam, not because the state plans to repair the dam. I don't know why they built the dam in the first place.]
Devon Hall: At what point did they think a dirt berm and a few culvert was going to be enough to redirect the canal? They didn’t even put any back fill behind it they made a dirt berm across and said yeah that should hold

Randy Stach commented on Dan's post
This is what it looked like last time I was there.

Lock #17


Brenda Ryan, Nov 2019

Lock #16 is in the background.
Brenda Ryan, Nov 2019

Lynn Wilson, Oct 2025

Bridge


bob smith, Apr 2017

Mary Mccullough, Apr 2019

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