Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District

Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District is a protected area in Grant, Wisconsin. Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District is situated nearby to Lock and Dam 11, as well as near the park O’Leary’s Lake Recreation Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lock and Dam 11 and Eagle Point Park.

Lock and Dam 11

Dam

Photo: FluffyGryphon, CC BY 2.5.

General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11 is a lock and dam located between Dubuque, Iowa, and rural Grant County, Wisconsin, on the Upper Mississippi River. It was opened to navigation September 14, 1937. Lock and Dam 11 is situated 920 feet west of Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District.

Eagle Point Park

Park

Photo: Jesster79, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eagle Point Park is a 164-acre public park located in the northeast corner of the city of Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Eagle Point is mostly situated on a bluff that overlooks the Mississippi River and the Lock and Dam No. 11.

Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge

Bridge

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The Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge is a steel Tied-arch automobile bridge connecting Dubuque, Iowa, with still largely rural Grant County, Wisconsin, over the Mississippi River. Dubuque–Wisconsin Bridge is situated 2 miles south of Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rutledge and Sandy Hook.

Rutledge

Hamlet

Rutledge is an unincorporated community located in the town of Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

Sandy Hook

Hamlet

Sandy Hook is a census-designated place in the town of Jamestown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 293 as of the 2020 census, up from 185 at the 2010 census.

Dubuque

Photo: Dirk, CC BY 2.0.

Dubuque, founded in 1833, is the oldest city in Iowa. A port on the upper Mississippi River, it is situated along scenic bluffs facing the river, and has its roots in a mining and trading settlement established in the area by Quebec-born entrepreneur Julien Dubuque in 1788.

Lock and Dam No. 11 Historic District

Type: Protected area
Category: historic site
Location: Grant, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.5413° or 42° 32′ 29″ north

Longitude

-90.63909° or 90° 38′ 21″ west

Inception

1937

Open location code

86JFG9R6+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1382156248

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=maritime

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