Coming Thru Lock #1, Carrollton, on the Kentucky River, circa 1910

 

Lock and Dam #1, 1909

 

1906

 

 

   

Lock & Dam #1, all circa 1910

 

  

Lock & Dam #1, Carrollton, c. 1940

  

Confederate Captain Jessee attacks Lock #1 on
 8/29/1864, you can read about it here.

 

   

Notice the Lock is manually operated

Lock #1 Washes away in 1875, read it here.

 

Steamer United States,  August 10, 1883.
Details behind the picture are here.

 

 

 

The dam was breached in  1883.
left, Image showing the breach
right,  A timber crib dam built to close the breach

 

July, 1947 plat of Lock and Dam #1

A series of 14 active locks and dams originally existed on the Kentucky River, going from Carrollton all the way to Jackson, Kentucky, 249 miles from the Ohio River.

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