Old Photo Album: The Black Rock Lock

By Douglas W. DeCroix - October 26, 2014

This year marks the centennial of this important engineering project and aid to navigation. Our photo essay chronicles its construction in the early 20^th century.

The full content is available in the Fall 2014 Issue.

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Old Photo Album: The Black Rock Lock