Montgomery Point Lock and Dam
US Army Corps of Engineers
Little Rock District

These photographs were taken of construction activities on-going at the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam work site. The project is located on the White River at N.M. 0.5 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The prime contractor is J.A. Jones/Atkinson-Constructors, A Joint Venture. The work consists of construction of a new lock, dam, control tower, mooring area, diversion channel, channel revetments and dikes.


Job Montgomery Point Lock & Dam
Job Number mpld
Description Construction

Photo Caption Description
Dewatering Well Installation 5/12/99 12:53:49 PM
Drilling well #76
Electrical Service 5/12/99 12:53:11 PM
Installing electrical service to the site.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 5/12/99 12:52:17 PM
Cells 46, 45, 40-36 (r to l). Note 4-cell gap remaining.
Dewatering Well Installation 5/12/99 11:45:24 AM
Drilling well #76
Scour Monitoring Surveys 5/12/99 7:40:19 AM
JAJ/A's survey boat performing hydrographic survey near Cell 9.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 5/7/99 1:35:27 PM
Cell 10 (foreground). Water inside cell has been displaced by cell fill material.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 5/7/99 1:27:45 PM
Cells 39 and 40.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 5/7/99 1:27:28 PM
Cells 45 and 46.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 4/29/99 12:59:08 PM
Construction of connecting Arc 8A. Note how upstream sheets are overlapped to stop flow. Downstream sheets are then placed and driven before closing and driving upstream sheets.
Cofferdam Cell Construction 4/29/99 12:50:41 PM
Cells 9-12 (r to l).
Cofferdam Cell Construction 4/24/99 10:05:08 AM
Setting of template for Cell 13. Note how floatation material has been moved from below the lower ring to below the upper ring as a result of the accident which occurred in February 1999. The template is more stable with this configuration.
Flow Deflector 4/24/99 9:25:55 AM
Placement of random fill behind flow deflector to elevation 116.0.

Photographs were taken by Mitch Eggburn and Joe Goodson of the
Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Resident Office
35B Wild Goose Lane
Tichnor, Arkansas 72166

TEL: 870-548-3016
FAX: 870-548-3500



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