Oregon City Williamette Falls Locks (#0188)

The Locks around Willamette Falls. The locks opened in 1873 and were operational (with some interruptions) until 2011. The locks are owned by the Army Corps of Engineers and were primarily used by pleasure craft in recent decades. Due to corrosion the locks were closed, and due to a lack of funding, they are not expected to reopen. Some of the information available over the Internet indicates that it is still possible to visit the locks, but I was told they could not be visited when I was there. The Wikipedia page has pictures of the lock in use in 1915: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Falls_Locks