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Lock and Dam No.8 at Genoa, 679.2 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River, is
set on a foundation of sand, gravel and broken rock. It has a 1l0-foot-wide chamber
and an II-foot lift from the lower to the upper pool. Construction of the dam
cost $6,702,500 and affected 18,591 acres of land. In May 1937, the battery of fifteen
gates closed and the Genoa Dam opened for navigation. This dam is one of
26 locks and dams built by the United States Government to improve transportation
from Minneapolis to the mouth of the Missouri River. The project, approved by
Congressional Act on August 30, 1935, was largely completed by 1938. In the next
fifteen years river traffic increased from 458 to 2,636 million tons.
Hwy 35, Genoa, Vernon County Wisconsin
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