Posted on 12 June 2008 by Kathleen
I promised I would get down to the downstream side of lock and dam 14 to see if the gates were wide open, and I did and the gates are. Remember, the roller gates are to the left and the tainter gates to the right. Even in the down position, they do not reach to [...]
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Posted on 19 May 2008 by Kathleen
Interesting bit of news in our local paper this morning. Remember at flood time, the roller and tainter gates on the dams were wide open. Local folks wanted to know why the dams can’t prevent flooding. The reason is that the gates and rollers do not go all the way down to the river bottom. [...]
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