Montgomery Point Lock and Dam

These photographs were taken of construction activities on-going at the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam work site. The work consists of construction of a new lock, dam, control tower, mooring area, diversion channel, channel revetments and dikes.


Job Montgomery Point Lock & Dam
Job Number mpld
Description Construction

Photo Caption Description
Revetment 2.0R 8/26/98 12:09:34 PM
Placement of random fill in Revetment 2.0R.
Revetment 2.0R 8/26/98 12:07:26 PM
Excavating material along alignment of Revetment 2.0R.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:45:53 AM
Driving Y-pile in Cell 28.
Project Site 8/26/98 11:35:58 AM
Looking upstream toward the right descending bank.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:35:41 AM
Cells 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 (under construction).
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:35:24 AM
View of Cells 28 (under construction), 29, 30, and 31. Cell fill has been placed in Cells 30 and 30.
Cell Fill 8/26/98 11:33:39 AM
Placement of cell fill in Cell 29.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:21:28 AM
Placement of template for Cell 28.
Excavating Cell Fill Material 8/26/98 11:13:43 AM
Luhr Brothers, Inc. Liebherr 944 excavating material for cell fill from the Mississippi River upstream from the mouth of the White River.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:05:47 AM
View from river of Cells 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 (l to r). Crane driving sheets in Cell 18.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 11:05:28 AM
View from river of Cells 31, 30, and 29 (r to l). Note crane placing template for Cell 28 and placement of cell fill in Cell 29.
Diversion Channel Dredging 8/26/98 11:01:47 AM
Looking upstream at completed diversion channel revetment. Note the deposition in the revetment stone which occurred during periods of high water.
Diversion Channel Dredging 8/26/98 10:59:24 AM
Looking downstream at partially excavated diversion channel. Note cell construction on right.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 8/26/98 10:58:21 AM
Cells 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 (r to l). Dredge ELCO in foreground.
Diversion Channel Dredging 8/26/98 10:52:51 AM
The dredge ELCO near station 33+00 of the diversion channel.

Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Resident Office
35B Wild Goose Lane
Tichnor, Arkansas 72166

TEL: 870-548-3016
FAX: 870-548-3500

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