Historical Aerial Photography - 1927 Upper Mississippi River - JPEG Format

Location: Guttenberg, IA to Nauvoo, IL Flight Path: Follows the Mississippi River Year of Photography: 1927 File Format: JPEG Compression: Adobe CS4 - Quality = 10 Average file size: Key to photos: USACE Key (1.2 Mb) Metadata: FGDC (coming soon)

Imagery is organized by pools between navigational dams. Each lock and dam creates a pool upstream of the dam. Links are displayed by exposure number. File names include a code for Upper Mississippi River (UMR) and exposure number. Images were scanned with exposure number in lower right corner. Placement of the exposure number on the photo does not indicate photo orientation.

Pool 11   Pool 12   Pool 13    Pool 14   Pool 15   Pool 16    Pool 17   Pool 18   Pool 19

Pool 11

Flown from Guttenberg, IA downstream to Dubuque, IA

405  south of Guttenberg, Iowa

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413  Cassville, WI

414  Cassville, WI

415  Cassville, WI

416  Cassville, WI

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426  Waupeton, IA

427  Waupeton, IA

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439  Spects Ferry, IA

440  Spects Ferry, IA

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454  Dubuque, IA

455  Dubuque, IA

456  Present day location of Lock and Dam #11 (opened September 1938)

Pool 12

Flown from Dubuque, IA downstream to Bellevue, IA / Blanding, IL

457  Dubuque, IA

458  Dubuque, IA

459  Dubuque, IA

460  Dubuque, IA

461  Dubuque, IA

462  Dubuque, IA

463  Dubuque, IA

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501  Bellevue, IA

502  Bellevue, IA

503  Bellevue, IA

504  Present day location of Lock and Dam #12 (opened May 1939)

Pool 13

Flown from Bellevue, IA / Blanding, IL downstream to just north of Fulton, IL

505  Bellevue, IA

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516  Maquoketa River

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534  Savanna, IL

535  Savanna, IL

536  Savanna, IL

537  Savanna, IL / Sabula, IL

538  Sabula, IL

539  Sabula, IL

540  Sabula, IL

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561  Present day location of Lock and Dam #13 (opened May 1938)

Pool 14

Flown from Fulton, IL downstream to Hampton, IL

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563  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

564  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

565   566  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL -- some overlap

567  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

568  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

569  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

570  Clinton, IA / Fulton, IL

571   photo missing

572   573  Clinton, IA -- some overlap

576   574  Clinton, IA -- some overlap

577   575a  Clinton, IA -- some overlap

578   586  some overlap

579   587  some overlap

          588  some overlap with surrounding photos

580   589  some overlap

          590  some overlap with surrounding photos

581   591  Albany, IL -- some overlap

582   592  Albany, IL -- some overlap

583  Albany -- some overlap with surrounding photos

584   593  Albany, IL -- some overlap

585   594  Camnache, IA / Albany, IL -- some overlap

595  Camanche, IA

596  Camanche, IA

597  Camanche, IA

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611  Princeton, IA / Cordova, IL

612  Princeton, IA / Cordova, IL

613  Princeton, IA / Cordova, IL

614  Princeton, IA / Cordova, IL

615  Princeton, IA / Cordova, IL

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621  Le Claire, IA / Port Byron, IL

622  Le Claire, IA / Port Byron, IL

623  Le Claire, IA / Port Byron, IL

624  Le Claire, IA / Port Byron, IL

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629  Present day location of Lock and Dam #14 (opened May 1938)

Pool 15

Flown from Hampton, IL downstream to Davenport, IA / Rock Island, IL

630  Hampton, IL

631  Hampton, IL

632  Hampton, IL / Campbell's Island

633  Campbell's Island

634  Campbell's Island

635  Campbell's Island

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639  Quad Cities Area

640  Quad Cities Area

641  Quad Cities Area

642  Quad Cities Area

643  Quad Cities Area

644  Quad Cities Area

645  Quad Cities Area

646  Quad Cities Area

647  Quad Cities Area

648  Quad Cities Area

649  Present day location of Lock and Dam #15 (opened March 1934)

Pool 16

Flown from Rock Island, IL / Davenport, IA downstream to Muscatine, IA

650  Quad Cities Area

651  Quad Cities Area

652  Quad Cities Area

653  Quad Cities Area

654  Quad Cities Area

655  Quad Cities Area

656  Quad Cities Area / Rock River

657  Quad Cities Area

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666  Buffalo, IA / Andalusia, IL

667  Buffalo, IA / Andalusia, IL

668  Buffalo, IA / Andalusia, IL

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674  Montpelier, IA

675  Montpelier, IA

676  Montpelier, IA

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683  Fairport, IA

684  Fairport, IA

685  Fairport, IA

686  Fairport, IA

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697  Present day location of Lock and Dam #16 (opened July 1937)

Pool 17

Flown from Muscatine, IA downstream to just north of New Boston, IL

698  Muscatine, IA

699  Muscatine, IA

700  Muscatine, IA

701  Muscatine, IA

702  Muscatine, IA

703  Muscatine, IA

704  Muscatine, IA

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708   photo missing

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731  Present day location of Lock and Dam #17 (opened May 1939)

Pool 18

#732 - 773 Flown from just north of New Boston, IL downstream to near Gladstone, IL [#758 - 773 Iowa side]

#937 - 953 Flown from near Gladstone, IL upstream to Johnson Island within the Mississippi River [Illinois side]

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736  New Boston, IL

737  New Boston, IL

738  New Boston, IL

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745  Keithsburg, IL

746  Keithsburg, IL

747  Keithsburg, IL

748  Keithsburg, IL

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758   953  Johnson Island

759   952

760   951

761   950

762   949  Oquawka, IL

763   948  Oquawka, IL

764   947  Oquawka, IL

765   946  Oquawka, IL

766   945  Oquawka, IL

767   944

768   943

769   942

770   941

771   940

772   939

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773   937  Present day location of Lock and Dam #18 (opened September 1937)

Pool 19

#774 - 832 Flown from near Gladstone, IL downstream to just north of Nauvoo, IL [Iowa side]

#880 - 937 Flown from Nauvoo, IL upstream to near Gladstone, IL [Illinois side]

774   936

775   935

776   934

777   933

778   932

779   931

780   930

781   929  Burlington, IL

782   928  Burlington, IL

783   927  Burlington, IL

784   926  Burlington, IL

785   925  Burlington, IL

786   924   photo missing   Burlington, IL

787   923   photo missing   Burlington, IL

788   922   photo missing   Burlington, IL

789   921  Burlington, IL

790   920  Burlington, IL

791   919

792   918

793   917

794   916

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795   914  Shokokon Slough

796   913

797   912

798   911

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803   906

804   905  Dallas City, IL

          904  Dallas City, IL

805   903  Dallas City, IL

806   902  Dallas City, IL

807   901  Dallas City, IL

808   900

809   899

810   898  Pontoosuc, IL

811   897

812   896

813   895

814   894

815   893

816   892

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817   890  Fort Madison, IA

818  Fort Madison, IA

819   889  Fort Madison, IA

820  Fort Madison, IA

821   888  Fort Madison, IA

822  Fort Madison, IA

823   887  Fort Madison, IA

824  Fort Madison, IA

825   886  Fort Madison, IA

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827   885

828   884  Devil's Island / Devil's Creek

829  Devil's Island / Devil's Creek

830   883  Devil's Island / Devil's Creek

831   882  Devil's Island / Devil's Creek

832   881  Devil's Island / Devil's Creek

          880  Nauvoo, IL

#833 - 879 photos missing

Lock and Dam # 19 is located at Keokuk, IA / Hamilton, IL (original lock 1913, new lock 1957)