Looking downstream from left bank of Kentucky River.
10-foot Sears Gamefisher dinghy (Das Boot) with 4 hp. Evinrude outboard.
circa Kentucky River mile 25 (?).
downstream from Gratz, Kentucky.
Nov. 1987.
File # 87k099.
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
JPEG quality 95.
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Lower gates and guidewall of Lock 1 (looking upstream).
Kentucky River mile 4.
near Carrollton, Kentucky.
Oct. 1987.
File # 87j112.
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35 mm Kodachrome slide.
scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
edited with Picture Window 4
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Looking E from left bank of Kentucky River at Frankfort.
Piers of West Frankfort Connector Bridges under construction.
There will be two new bridges, one for each direction of traffic.
Capital Plaza office tower at right.
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Kentucky River mile 66.
Frankfort, Kentucky .
Mar. 1988.
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file # 88c017.
35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i.
Siverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
some sharpening (unsharp mask).
JPEG quality 95.
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Looking N (downstream) toward Kentucky State Route 22 Bridge.
bow of Sears Gamefisher dinghy in foreground.
Kentucky River mile 29.
near Gratz, Kentucky.
Nov. 1987.
File # 87k098.
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35 mm Kodachrome.
Plustek OpticFilm 7600i and Silverfast 8.
Picture Window 6.
JPEG quality 95.
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Looking NNE from near upper gates of Lock No. 3
This lock is 145 feet long and 38 feet wide, with about a 13 foot lift.
The shrouded electric motor is one of a pair, each with cogs which engage notches on the beams attached to the lock gates, enabling them to be opened and closed.
The lock gates apparently have hydraulically-controlled openings below the waterline to let water in and out of the locks.
In foreground is a capstan which could be used to haul a vessel out of the lock.
Across the river is Cedar Creek Beach, in Owen County.
From Kentucky River Authority:
Lock and Dam 3 were built from 1836-1842 and support a twenty three mile long pool of water. The original dam was a timber crib structure, consisting of an outside frame of timbers filled with dirt and rock, and the original lock was stone masonry. The structures are located forty two miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. Lock 3 was shut down in 2007 because of mechanical and structural problems.
History:
1836-1842 Original construction of lock and dam
1882 Dam is rebuilt by the Corps of Engineers
Early 1890’s Concrete cap is added to the top of the timber crib dam (one drawing shows about two thirds of the timber crib dam is capped with concrete by 1911, with the rest still protected by wooden planks)
Approximately 1908 Concrete wall is constructed next to the abutment, opposite of the lock, running upstream approximately 70 feet
1941 Surface repairs to cracks and holes in the concrete cap are made
1977 New concrete is added to the crest of the dam, Surface repairs are made to cracks in the existing concrete cap on the dam, sheet pilling is added to the front of the dam
2005 Abutment, opposite of the lock, is repaired with rock armoring
See also
Kentucky River navigation charts (2011 version, 5 MB PDF)
and
Kentucky River navigation charts (1972 version, 19 MB PDF)
and
Kentucky River Development: The Commonwealth’s Waterway by Leland R. Johnson and Charles E. Parrish (1999, 9 MB PDF)
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Kentucky River mile 42
Gest, Kentucky (in Henry County)
Mar. 1988
file # 88c008
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Siverfast 8
Picture Window 6
some sharpening (unsharp mask)
JPEG quality 95
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