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VIEW OF CENTRAL CONTROL STATION, WITH MAIN LOCK IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING SOUTHEAST - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock and Dam No. 8, On Mississippi River near Houston County, MN, Genoa, Vernon County, WI
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Fraser, Clayton B. Fraserdesign., creator
Title
VIEW OF CENTRAL CONTROL STATION, WITH MAIN LOCK IN FOREGROUND, LOOKING SOUTHEAST - Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock and Dam No. 8, On Mississippi River near Houston County, MN, Genoa, Vernon County, WI
Description
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Jutton_Kelly Company, Milwaukee,Wisconsin; Siems-Helmers Incorporated, St. Paul,Minnesota
Depicted place Wisconsin; Vernon County; Genoa
Date 1987
date QS:P571,+1987-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WIS,62-GEN.V,1-52
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  • Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal proponents to serve the needs of public employment during the Great Depression. Its successful completion turned the upper reaches of one of the world's largest rivers into a intra-continental canal and settled the question of a fully navigable interior river system through the Midwest. Completion of the system helped allay economic inequities in commercial rail and water freight brought about as a result of the opening of the Panama Canal. Although significantly altering the environment of the upper Mississippi, the project also served as an impetus for the upgrading of municipal drinking water and sewage disposal systems, as well as providing new recreational opportunities, thus, in the end, proving generally beneficial to public welfare.
  • Survey number: HAER WI-49
  • Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1993 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wi0215.photos.171771p
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