Raising the wicket dam at Lock and Dam 52 in Brookport, Illinois.

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Raising the wicket dam at Lock and Dam 52 in Brookport, Illinois.

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Corps employees work to raise a wicket from the powerful Ohio River in Brookport, Illinois while raising the dam at Lock 52 on Aug. 11, 2009 due to low water. For nearly 89 years the process of manually raising and lowering the dam at 52 remained unchanged.

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11/08/2009
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