McAlpine Locks and Dam
The McAlpine Locks and Dam are a set of locks and a hydroelectric dam at the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. They are located at mile point 606.8, and control a 72.9-mile-long navigation pool.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Louisville, Kentucky
- Also known as: “McAlpine Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ohio Falls Station and Portland Museum.
Ohio Falls Station
Electrical generator
Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky.
Portland Museum
Museum
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The Portland Museum is a neighborhood history and art museum in Louisville, Kentucky. It details the history of the Portland neighborhood both as an independent town in the early 1800s and after Portland's amalgamation into Louisville after the construction of the Louisville and Portland Canal. Portland Museum is situated 1 mile south of McAlpine Locks and Dam.
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Park
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Falls of the Ohio State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located on the banks of the Ohio River at Clarksville, Indiana, across from Louisville, Kentucky.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clarksville and Portland.
Clarksville
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Clarksville is a city in Clark County in Southern Indiana, directly across the Ohio River from Louisville. It is the oldest town in the Indiana Territory with a population of 21,000. The city is served by an overlay complex of two area codes: 812 and 930.
Portland
Hamlet
Portland is a historic district, neighborhood and former independent town northwest of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is situated along a bend of the Ohio River just below the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, where the river curves to the north and then to the south, thus placing Portland at the northern tip of urban Louisville. Portland is situated 2 miles southwest of McAlpine Locks and Dam.
Shelby Place Historic District
Neighborhood
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Shelby Place Historic District is a registered historic district in New Albany, Indiana, one mile north of the Ohio River, across from Louisville, Kentucky. Shelby Place Historic District is situated 2 miles northwest of McAlpine Locks and Dam.
McAlpine Locks and Dam
- Categories: gravity dam and lock
- Location: Jefferson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“McAlpine Locks and Dam” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “McAlpine Locks and Dam”
- Cebuano: “McAlpine Dam”
- French: “barrage et écluses McAlpine”
- French: “Barrage et écluses McAlpine”
- German: “McAlpine Locks and Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС McAlpine”
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