Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam
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The Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is a former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers navigation structure on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis that once enabled commercial barge traffic to bypass Saint Anthony Falls.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former transportation infrastructure
ⓘ
lock and dam ⓘ navigation structure ⓘ |
| city | Minneapolis ⓘ |
| closureReason | prevention of invasive Asian carp migration upstream ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| function | allowed vessels to bypass Saint Anthony Falls ⓘ |
| hasPart |
concrete dam
ⓘ
navigation lock ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hennepin County, Minnesota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minneapolis ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
| locatedNear | Saint Anthony Falls ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| nearbyCityFeature | downtown Minneapolis ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure |
Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam
ⓘ
Saint Anthony Falls ⓘ
surface form:
St. Anthony Falls
|
| operator |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| ownedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| partOf |
Upper Mississippi River–Illinois Waterway navigation system
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mississippi River navigation system
|
| purpose |
commercial barge traffic
ⓘ
navigation ⓘ |
| region | Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| riverMile | approximately 853.9 miles above the Ohio River ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| status |
closed to navigation
ⓘ
former lock and dam ⓘ |
| usedFor | commercial barge traffic on the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| watercourse | Mississippi River ⓘ |
| waterway |
Mississippi River
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Mississippi River
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.