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Item Title
Ouachita River Lock & Dam No. 8, Ouachita River at River Mile 282.8, Calion, Calhoun County, AR
LocationOuachita River at River Mile 282.8,
Calion vicinity, AR
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AR-1
Building/structure dates:
1907 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1916 subsequent work
Significance: The Ouachita River Lock and Dam No. 8 is one of the oldest remaining locks and dams in the State of Arkansas. It represents a vital segment in the earliest attempt by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to control a river system in Arkansas. The overall lock and dam system portrays part of an early 20th century network of rivers and canals linking together much of the eastern U.S. From an engineering perspective, the property is unique by virtue of its movable wickets.
Subjects
CommerceLocks (hydraulic Facilities)Dams
Related Names
Naylor, Howard, Photographer
Yarbrough, Kate H., Historian
Beavers, Richard C., Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERVIEW OF LOCK AND DAM NO. 8 FROM CENTER OF OUACHITA RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM THE STRUCTURE
2. DAM SECTION OF STRUCTURE, FROM RIGHT DESCENDING BANK
3. THREE SECTIONS OF THE DAM, FROM RIGHT DESCENDING BANK
4. DETAIL VIEW OF DRIFT PASS SECTION AND TWO DAM BUTTRESSES, FROM RIGHT DESCENDING BANK
5. DRIFT PASS SECTION SHOWING WICKETS AND PROP RODS IN PLACE, FROM RIGHT DESCENDING BANK
6. DETAIL VIEW OF WICKETS AND RODS IN DRIFT PASS SECTION
7. BARGE-MOUNTED CRANE MOORED UPSTREAM FROM DAM, USED TO RAISE AND LOWER WICKETS TO CONTROL POOL LEVEL
8. MODEL OF WICKET AND PROP ROD
9. DOWNSTREAM END OF LOCK, FROM LEFT DESCENDING BANK
10. VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM LOCK GATES, FROM SMALL BOAT ENTERING LOCK
11. VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM MITERED LOCK GATES, GATES IN CLOSED POSITION
12. VIEW OF TOP OF DOWNSTREAM MITERED LOCK GATED IN CLOSED POSITION
13. INTERIOR VIEW OF LOCK WITH GATED CLOSED
14. MITERED GATES ON UPSTREAM END OF LOCK, GATES CLOSED
15. DETAIL VIEW OF UPSTREAM LOCK GATE IN CLOSED POSITION
16. UPSTREAM SIDE OF MITERED GATE IN CLOSED POSITION
17. ARTIFICIALLY CONSTRUCTED EARTHEN MOUND WITH LOCKMASTER'S OFFICE AND OTHER SUPPORT BUILDINGS
18. MOUND AND STRUCTURES FROM THE DRIFT PASS BUTTRESS, UPSTREAM OF DAM
19. LOCKMASTER'S OFFICE, WEST FRONT
20. LOCKMASTER'S OFFICE, SOUTH SIDE
21. LOCKMASTER'S OFFICE, EAST REAR
22. MAINTENANCE SHED BEHIND LOCKMASTER'S OFFICE
23. GENERAL VIEW, JUNE 14, 1911
24. GENERAL VIEW OF COFFERDAM, JUNE 29, 1911
25. GENERAL VIEW, SEPTEMBER 7, 1911
26. GENERAL VIEW OF APRONS OF DRIFT AND WEIR PASS IN COFFERDAM No. 3 OCTOBER 20, 1911
27. GENERAL VIEW, NOVEMBER 3, 1911
28. PUMPING GRAVEL, NOVEMBER 11, 1909
29. DISCHARGE OF WATER THROUGH WEIR, NOVEMBER 26, 1911
30. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING DOWNSTREAM, DECEMBER 13, 1911
31. GENERAL VIEW OF COFFERDAM No. 2, ca. 1911
32. OFFICE, MACHINE SHOP, AND QUARTERS, ca. 1909
33. GENERAL PLAN OF LOCK AND DAM
34. PLAN OF LOCK
35. SECTIONS OF LOCK
36. LOCK GATE
37. GATE ANCHORAGE, GIRDER, ETC.
38. LOCK ACCESSORIES
39. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF DAM
40. SECTIONS OF DAM
41. PIER AND ABUTMENT
42. CHANOINE WICKET FOR PASS
43. DETAILS OF PASS HURTER, PROP AND HORSE
44. DETAILS OF PASS SILL ANCHORAGE, HORSE BOX, ETC.
45. CHANOINE WICKET FOR WEIR
46. DETAILS OF WEIR HURTER, PROP, AND HORSE
47. DETAILS OF WEIR SILL, ANCHORAGE, HORSE BOX, ETC.
48. CHANOINE WICKET FOR DRIFT PASS 49 DETAILS OF DRIFT PASS SILL, ANCHORAGE, HORSE BOX, ETC.
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