The John T. Myers Locks and Dam is the 17th
Lock and dam
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Common meanings
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*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
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on the
Ohio River
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located 846 miles downstream of Pittsburgh about downstream from Uniontown, Kentucky. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that is 1,200 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the auxiliary lock is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide. This
facility is in
Posey County, Indiana, and
Union County, Kentucky. The project was authorized as replacement for existing Locks and Dam 48 and 49 on September 17, 1958, by Secretary of the Army under authority of Section 6 of the Rivers and Harbors Act approved March 3, 1909, as amended.
Formerly known as the Uniontown Locks and Dam, it was renamed by an act of
Congress
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in 1996 (PL 104-303) as a tribute to recently retired Congressman
John T. Myers.
References
External links
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District: John T. Myers Locks & Dam
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District: John T. Myers Locks & Dam
Dams in Indiana
Dams in Kentucky
Transportation buildings and structures in Posey County, Indiana
Buildings and structures in Union County, Kentucky
Transportation in Union County, Kentucky
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Dams on the Ohio River
Locks of Indiana
Locks of Kentucky
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