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Olmsted Locks & DamConstruction Status
Inland Waterways User BoardChicago, IL
18 November 2008
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August 2008 Aerial View
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Gantry Crane
Features Include:
Lifting Capacity- 5,100 tons
Clearance Dimensions –100-foot vertical and 130-
foot horizontal
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Lower Marine Skidway
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Stilling Basin Shell Bearing Wall Erection
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Lower Pier Shell Base Support Structure
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Ringer Barge and Crane
Features Include: A Manitowoc 60-foot diameter platform ringer crane with 660 ton capacity, 200-
foot boom & 1,200,000 lbs of counterweight mounted on a
200-foot by 100-foot by 12-foot deep flat deck barge.
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Catamaran Lift BargeFeatures Include: 4500 Ton Capacity, Clear
opening of 130’, Starboard & Port Barges 90’x 200’ x 15’, Gantry beam 15’ deep and 63’
above deck, Design Draft 11’, Overall Dimensions 200’ by 310’
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Dam in River Activities
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Excavator BargeFeatures Include:
3 Legged Jacking Spuds –Capable of Lifting the barge out
of buoyancy to allow the GPS System to be accurately located, which will allow the excavator’s
electronic system to excavate within plus 0” , minus 6”
tolerance.
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Filling Grout Mat
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Dam in River Activities
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Demo L&D 52 & 53
Dam
Bldgs & Grounds
DS Mooring Cells
Gate Storage
Bulkheads
Approach Walls
Boat Ramp
BWMA
Lock
Prototype
Cofferdam
Road & Office
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Dam Contract Funding
FY- 09 $12,000,000 (Thru 31 Oct 2008)FY- 08 $92,309,809FY- 07 $95,000,000FY- 06 $78,866,827FY- 05 $44,521,000FY- 04 $4,050,000
Total Obligated to Contract = $326,747,636Most Likely Cost of Dam = $1,058,700,000
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