Thursday, October 21, 2010

New gates arriving at Markland

Two of the four new permanent gates have arrived at the Markland Locks and Dam .

Remember a while back when one of the old gates just fell over, causing   significant traffic delays?


1 comment:

Henry M. said...

Two of the gates arrived in Louisville in the late spring, after the original ones had been repaired and re-installed. They have been stored at McAlpine L&D since then, as the storage area at Markland was still under construction. They were lying on the concrete esplanade between the two chambers since then. Not certain if they have been moved as the crane (SHREVE) has been on loan to St. Louis District. The plan has been not to move them until the other two gates arrived from Oregon, unless there was an accident.