Lockport Powerhouse

Reconstruction
Engineer: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

  • Install four stainless steel sill plates and four sets of stainless steel guides for new stop logs in the headrace side of bays 1 and 2 in two phases
  • Design, fabricate and install a cofferdam system to dewater the tailrace area of bay 1 and subsequently the tailrace area of bay 2
  • Build concrete retaining wall, pier wall extensions and deck, and provide stainless steel guardrail, over tailrace area of bays 1 and 2 in two phases
  • Design, fabricate and install two sets of multi-panel stainless steel tailrace stop logs to dewater the tailrace area of turbine 1 or turbine 2 in two phases
  • Reconstruction of the sluice gates at three bays
  • Setting of gate inside cofferdam