Lock and Dam No. 2

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
Location	Dakota County / Washington County, Minnesota, United States. Near Hastings
Coordinates	44°45′35″N 92°52′07″W
Opening date	1930 (1930)
Operator(s)	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Upper Mississippi River
Length	722 feet (220.1 m) (movable portion)
Reservoir
Creates	Pool 2
Total capacity	787,000 acre⋅ft (0.971 km3)
Catchment area	36,990 sq mi (95,800 km2)

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.

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

• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

External links

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District: Lock and Dam No. 2
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District: Lock and Dam 2 brochure
• Google Maps: Lock and Dam No. 2
• USGS, Locks 1 through 13