Lock and Dam No. 2

Lock and Dam No. 2 is located along the Upper Mississippi River near Hastings, Minnesota and construction commenced in 1927. The eastern dam portion is 722 feet (220 m) wide and has 19 tainter gates. A hydroelectric station that produces about 4.4 megawatts is owned by the city of Hastings, while the 110 by 600 feet (34 m × 183 m) lock is operated by the St. Paul district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division. There's also a wide earthen dam on the western side of the facility.

For the first lock and dam to be built on the Mississippi, which was also called Lock and Dam No. 2, see Meeker Island Lock and Dam.
Lock and Dam No. 2
Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 2
Location of Lock and Dam No. 2 in Minnesota
LocationDakota County / Washington County, Minnesota, United States. Near Hastings
Coordinates44°45′35″N 92°52′07″W
Opening date1930 (1930)
Operator(s) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsUpper Mississippi River
Length722 feet (220.1 m) (movable portion)
Reservoir
CreatesPool 2
Total capacity787,000 acre⋅ft (0.971 km3)
Catchment area36,990 sq mi (95,800 km2)

Following construction, the original lock walls settled and began to lean out of alignment, so a replacement lock was built. It was finished in 1948. A rehabilitation phase ran from 1987 to 1995. In 2009, Lock and Dam No. 2 became home to the nation's first commercial, federally licensed hydrokinetic power facility, which is a partnership between the City of Hastings and Hydro Green Energy, LLC of Westmont, IL.

See also

References
    List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River
    Upstream:
    Lock and Dam No. 1    		 Downstream:
    Lock and Dam No. 3
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