Dresden Island Lock and Dam

The Dresden Island Lock and Dam is a 23.4-acre Lock and Dam complex on the Illinois River in Morris, Illinois. The dam was completed in 1933 and designed by engineer Walter Mickle Smith.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dresden Generating Station and Morris Operation.

Dresden Generating Station

Power station

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Dresden Generating Station is the first privately financed nuclear power plant built in the United States. Dresden 1 was activated in 1960 and retired in 1978. Dresden Generating Station is situated 1 mile southeast of Dresden Island Lock and Dam.

Morris Operation

The Morris Operation in Grundy County, Illinois, United States, is the location of the only permanent de facto high-level radioactive waste storage site in the United States and holds 772 tons of spent nuclear fuel. Morris Operation is situated 1½ miles south of Dresden Island Lock and Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Channahon and Minooka.

Channahon

Town

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Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 13,383 at the 2020 census. Located in a rural area southwest of Joliet, Illinois, Channahon lies at the confluence of the Des Plaines, Kankakee, and DuPage rivers, where they form the Illinois River. Channahon is situated 3½ miles northeast of Dresden Island Lock and Dam.

Minooka

Town

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Minooka is a village in Grundy, Kendall, and Will counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,758 at the 2020 census, up from 10,924 at the 2010 census. The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Minooka is situated 4 miles north of Dresden Island Lock and Dam.

Dresden Island Lock and Dam

Type: Dam
Also known as: “Dresden Island Lock and Dam Historic District”
Categories: lock and historic district
Location: Aux Sable Township, Grundy, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.40086° or 41° 24′ 3″ north

Longitude

-88.28145° or 88° 16′ 53″ west

Elevation

512 feet (156 metres)

Open location code

86HHCP29+8C

GeoNames ID

4890166

Wikidata ID

Q5307013

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