The MRP 100 committee has as its mission a focus on the 1910-1913 construction of the Keokuk-Hamilton lock and dam and powerhouse. The committee’s two goals are educating the public and organizing a 100th anniversary celebration of the 1913 dedication.
Top Photo by Ed Vinson Photography
Newest Stories to the Web Site
• The Old River road and Anschutz Hill  3.8.2012
     by Mike Foley
• The Company Cars  2.26.2012
     by Mike Foley
       The company bought a fleet of eleven cars.
• Comparison of dams built 1890 to 1927 1.03.2012
      by Mike Foley
     Fifteen dams and power plants and Hugh Cooper projects.
• The Human Side of Lock and Dam Construction: Casualties 11.10.2011
      by Jack Smith
     Inevitable that in a construction project this size, casualties would occur.
• Two new picture post cards of the Canal  11.5.2011
• Crossing the Canal  11.2.2011
     by Mike Foley
     All the work on the Power House is on the other side of the canal.
• One Hundred Years Ago Photo Archive  10.29.2011
• The Work Begins  10.22.2011
     by Ed Kiedaisch
       Getting from the Granting of the Charter to the Start of Construction
• Sound Waves  10.22.2011
     by Jack Smith
       Mrs. Lorene Diver heard the construction of the Canal, the Bridge
       and the Power House.
• Keokuk - Hamilton Water and Power: Part 3  10.17.2011
     by Jack Smith
       On January 10, 1910, the first act constituting commencement of        construction was undertaken.
• Keokuk - Hamilton Water and Power: Part 2  10.17.2011
     by Jack Smith
       President Theodore Roosevelt and the Mississippi River.
• Let’s consider the technology of 1910-1913  10.16.2011
     by Mike Foley
• Keokuk - Hamilton Water and Power: Part 1 10.9.2011
     by Jack Smith
       25 local business men formed this company in 1899.
• U.S. Government Canal: The Construction  10.5.2011
     by Jack Smith
       Construction started Oct. 18, 1867 - The Canal opened Aug. 22, 1877
• U.S. Government Canal: The Politics  10.3.2011
     by Jack Smith
       Keokuk did not take an active part in solving the navigation problem.
• The Obstruction: Mechanic's Rock  10.2.2011
     by Mike Foley
     A famous obstruction in the Des Moines Rapids was Mechanic's Rock.
• The Des Moines Rapids: The Obstruction  9.30.2011
     by Jack Smith
     The Des Moines Rapids constituted a serious disruption to navigation.
• The Des Moines Rapids: The Geology  9.23.2011
     by Jack Smith
     A glacier moved the Mississippi River.
• Iowa Wesleyan College Design Team  9.21.2011
     Visual Communication Students are helping to create this Web Site.
• Preamble to the Great Adventure  9.20.2011
      by Jack Smith and Ed Kiedaisch
• 1911 - Sea Monster  9.16.2011
      by Jack Smith
     The first story to be put on this New Web Site. If you live by the river you        will eventually hear a fish story.