File:Alton Lake from Lock and Dam 26 in winter - pano1.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionAlton Lake from Lock and Dam 26 in winter - pano1.jpg |
English: Alton Lake above Melvin Price Locks and Dam on the Mississippi River in winter looking towards the Clark Bridge and Alton, Illinois. The dam blocks the flow of ice which collects in the pool above the dam. The surface of the river immediately below the dam is mostly free of ice. This panoramic image encompasses 210 degrees horizontally with a cylindrical projection. |
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Camera location | 38° 52′ 09.7″ N, 90° 09′ 11.27″ W ![]() ![]() | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | ![]() |
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Main lock, closed for maintenance.
Entrance to auxiliary lock, in use while the main lock is under maintenance.
The path through the ice, kept open by regular shipping, led to the auxiliary lock which was in use while the main lock was undergoing maintenance.
This is the upstream entrance to the main lock which was closed at this time for maintenance.
The Clark Bridge over the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois.
The Ameren Corporation electric power plant at Portage Des Sioux is dimly visibile in the distance.
Alton Slough
This crane moves along the superstructure of the dam on steel tracks.
The superstructure of the dam.
Part of the superstructure of the dam. This is on a straight line with the part of the superstructure visible on the left of the image, which encompasses more than 180 degrees horizontally.
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current | 23:47, 18 August 2014 | ![]() | 12,509 × 3,709 (3.56 MB) | Kbh3rd (talk | contribs) | Recreate JPG from original stitched TIFF file to remove a mar from a slip of the mouse; lighten a bit (darken less from original); fix minor stitching artifact with clone tool; crop out a bit more of the sky. |
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Date and time of data generation | 15:06, 16 February 2014 |
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Latitude | 38° 52′ 9.7″ N |
Longitude | 90° 9′ 11.27″ W |
Altitude | 124 meters above sea level |
City shown | Alton |
Credit/Provider | Wikimedia Commons by Kbh3rd |
Copyright holder | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kbh3rd ; Some rights reserved |
Image title | Alton Lake above Lock & Dam 26 in winter |
File change date and time | 15:06, 16 February 2014 |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 15:06 |
Reference for direction of image | True direction |
Direction of image | 0 |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS-84 |
GPS date | 16 February 2014 |
GPS tag version | 0.0.3.2 |
Special instructions | Lat 38.86936, Lon -90.15313 - Bearing: 0 - Altitude: 124m |
Sublocation of city shown | Lock & Dam 26 |
Province or state shown | Illinois |
Country shown | US |
IIM version | 4 |