http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f-qLQmWXs

Thought I would share this with the group. It's a short clip of the
inside of the lock at the Kentucky Lake lock and dam. It isn't much;
but, it gives an idea of the height the water is lowered and raised in
the dam and the size of the lock. It took us about 40 minutes to
clear the lock, and when we were free to leave the lock after the
gates opened, there was a small army of barges directly in front of
us, all ostensibly waiting to go down river. Some were going to have
a long wait. We had to wind our way around several barges and tugs.
You might be able to tell too that our boat needs a good cleaning.
Taking a houseboat down the Mississippi from Lake City, MN down to the
Ohio, over to the Tennessee River, to Jonathon Creek on Ken Lake can
do a lot cosmetically to a 43' houseboat.

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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:02:15 -0500, wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f-qLQmWXs

Thought I would share this with the group. It's a short clip of the
inside of the lock at the Kentucky Lake lock and dam. It isn't much;
but, it gives an idea of the height the water is lowered and raised in
the dam and the size of the lock. It took us about 40 minutes to
clear the lock, and when we were free to leave the lock after the
gates opened, there was a small army of barges directly in front of
us, all ostensibly waiting to go down river. Some were going to have
a long wait. We had to wind our way around several barges and tugs.
You might be able to tell too that our boat needs a good cleaning.
Taking a houseboat down the Mississippi from Lake City, MN down to the
Ohio, over to the Tennessee River, to Jonathon Creek on Ken Lake can
do a lot cosmetically to a 43' houseboat.

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:31:20 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:02:15 -0500, wrote:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f-qLQmWXs

Thought I would share this with the group. It's a short clip of the
inside of the lock at the Kentucky Lake lock and dam. It isn't much;
but, it gives an idea of the height the water is lowered and raised in
the dam and the size of the lock. It took us about 40 minutes to
clear the lock, and when we were free to leave the lock after the
gates opened, there was a small army of barges directly in front of
us, all ostensibly waiting to go down river. Some were going to have
a long wait. We had to wind our way around several barges and tugs.
You might be able to tell too that our boat needs a good cleaning.
Taking a houseboat down the Mississippi from Lake City, MN down to the
Ohio, over to the Tennessee River, to Jonathon Creek on Ken Lake can
do a lot cosmetically to a 43' houseboat.

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?

Quimby's will list the vertical lift for each of the various locks,
and I'm sure that Quimby's gets their info from the Army Corp of
Engineers. And as you probably know, those figures are averages. The
lift will vary based on various conditions apparently. We guessed
that we were raised about 45' on this one. I don't think any of us
checked the Quimby's to see what the official lift is.

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:02:15 -0500, wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f-qLQmWXs

Thought I would share this with the group. It's a short clip of the
inside of the lock at the Kentucky Lake lock and dam. It isn't much;
but, it gives an idea of the height the water is lowered and raised in
the dam and the size of the lock. It took us about 40 minutes to
clear the lock, and when we were free to leave the lock after the
gates opened, there was a small army of barges directly in front of
us, all ostensibly waiting to go down river. Some were going to have
a long wait. We had to wind our way around several barges and tugs.
You might be able to tell too that our boat needs a good cleaning.
Taking a houseboat down the Mississippi from Lake City, MN down to the
Ohio, over to the Tennessee River, to Jonathon Creek on Ken Lake can
do a lot cosmetically to a 43' houseboat.

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?


Side note. I know a retired engineer that worked on the dam.

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:18:19 -0400, NotNow wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:02:15 -0500, wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1f-qLQmWXs

Thought I would share this with the group. It's a short clip of the
inside of the lock at the Kentucky Lake lock and dam. It isn't much;
but, it gives an idea of the height the water is lowered and raised in
the dam and the size of the lock. It took us about 40 minutes to
clear the lock, and when we were free to leave the lock after the
gates opened, there was a small army of barges directly in front of
us, all ostensibly waiting to go down river. Some were going to have
a long wait. We had to wind our way around several barges and tugs.
You might be able to tell too that our boat needs a good cleaning.
Taking a houseboat down the Mississippi from Lake City, MN down to the
Ohio, over to the Tennessee River, to Jonathon Creek on Ken Lake can
do a lot cosmetically to a 43' houseboat.

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?


Side note. I know a retired engineer that worked on the dam.

Was he involved in the original construction?

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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:12:19 -0500, wrote:

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?

Quimby's will list the vertical lift for each of the various locks,
and I'm sure that Quimby's gets their info from the Army Corp of
Engineers. And as you probably know, those figures are averages. The
lift will vary based on various conditions apparently. We guessed
that we were raised about 45' on this one. I don't think any of us
checked the Quimby's to see what the official lift is.

According to Wikipedia max lift is 75 ft:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Dam#Capacity

That's a very big lock, about to get even bigger according to the
write up. We were in a 65 foot lock on the Ottawa River once and that
was a monster.

http://www.stlawrencecruiselines.com/index.cfm?page=attractions&attraction=7

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:00:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:12:19 -0500, wrote:

Big lock. Any idea what the vertical lift is ?

Quimby's will list the vertical lift for each of the various locks,
and I'm sure that Quimby's gets their info from the Army Corp of
Engineers. And as you probably know, those figures are averages. The
lift will vary based on various conditions apparently. We guessed
that we were raised about 45' on this one. I don't think any of us
checked the Quimby's to see what the official lift is.

According to Wikipedia max lift is 75 ft:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Dam#Capacity

That's a very big lock, about to get even bigger according to the
write up. We were in a 65 foot lock on the Ottawa River once and that
was a monster.

http://www.stlawrencecruiselines.com/index.cfm?page=attractions&attraction=7


The lock in the picture in your link looks a bit unusual. It's not
like the common Mississippi River lock. All of the locks on the
Mississippi vary a bit in overall character. But most share the same
mechanical dynamics. A few are a bit different, like the lock just
below Alton, Illinois. We went through about 22 locks going down
river, with the steepest drop being lock 19, if I remember correctly,
at a hydroelectric plant. That dropped about 30 feet. Considering
all of the barges we saw waiting for passage through the Kentucky Lake
Dam lock, it doesn't surprise me that another lock is slated for
construction there. There were no signs of construction having
started, though, when we went through, from what I saw. I have a
video of the approach to the lock that I'll eventually get on Youtube.

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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:24:32 -0500, wrote:

The lock in the picture in your link looks a bit unusual. It's not
like the common Mississippi River lock.

That's because the lower exit gate lifts instead of swinging open.
Don't know why they designed it that way, seems like it would be more
difficult to engineer and build. The upper gate swings open the way
you'd expect.