Lockport Powerhouse

Lockport Lock, Dam and Power House Historic District
Lockport Dam, Lock and Powerhouse
Lockport Powerhouse is located in Illinois
Lockport Powerhouse
Lockport Powerhouse is located in the United States
Lockport Powerhouse
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Nearest cityLockport Township, near Lockport, Illinois
Coordinates41°34′10″N 88°04′44″W / 41.56944°N 88.07889°W / 41.56944; -88.07889
Area44.2 acres (17.9 ha)
Built1910
Built byJoseph J. Duffy, Lorimer & Gallacher Co (original lock)
Green & Sons co (Navigation lock)
Schmidt Brothers Construction Co (control station)
ArchitectFrederick L. Barrett (power house)
EngineerIsham Randolph (original lock)
Walter M. Smith (control station), Illinois state engineers (Navigation lock)
M.G. Barnes, Walter M. Smith, R.S. Heath, Fred Hendershot (Lockport)
Architectural styleRenaissance
MPSIllinois Waterway Navigation System Facilities MPS
NRHP reference No.04000167[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 2004

The Lockport Powerhouse is an American run-of-the-river dam used by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to control the outflow of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and limit the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines River.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.