🚨 Sneak peek underground! Here’s a rare glimpse of the Tainter gate in action, slowly moving downward inside the tunnel as engineers prepare to conduct a comprehensive Hydraulic Steel Structure inspection of the Tainter valves. This unique view is only possible during a dewater, which is currently underway at Lock and Dam 7 in La Crescent, #Minnesota. 🛠️ These inspections are essential to ensure safe and reliable #Navigation on the #MississippiRiver. Mississippi Valley Division (US Army Corps

Check out this video of a tainter gate at John Redmond Dam rising to increase the overall release from John Redmond Reservoir from 2500 cubic feet per second to approximately 5000 cfs into the Neosho River. John Redmond is located in Burlington, Kansas. Current lake level is 1065.27 feet mean sea elevation. Which is 24.27 feet above top of conservation pool. #USACE #kansas #lake #floodcontrol #riskreduction | Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers