Melvin Price Locks & Dam and the National Great Rivers Museum
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Gar - Illinois - Melvin Price Locks and Dam
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The M/V Christopher Myskowski Southbound at Melvin Price Lock and Dam
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The Pleasure Craft M.Y. Mimi Northbound at Melvin Price Lock and Dam
Melvin Price Locks and Dam is a dam and two locks at river mile 200.78 on the Upper Mississippi River, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Saint Louis, Missouri. The collocated National Great Rivers Museum, at 1 Lock and Dam Way, East Alton, Illinois, explains the structure and its engineering.