River
Loops
Day Tripping on the Upper Miss
Exploring the Upper Mississippi
is easy for people who like to travel in a circle
and get back where they started by bedtime. Major
crossings are about 30 miles apart, so you can
go down one side, cross the river and come back on
the other.
It’s
also easy to spend a day exploring any of these
stretches. In each of our new “River
Loops” columns we’ll prowl a stretch of the river
for interesting places and things to do. This
loop describes what to see and do along the road
from the Winona to Wabasha, Minn.,
and back.
Winona, Minn., to Wabasha, Minn.
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Hydro
Power on the Mississippi
Hydro Green Energy's Hastings,
Minn., project
Free Flow Power
Hydro power plants on the Upper Mississippi River
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Upper St. Anthony Falls
12 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Upper St. Anthony Falls
2.7 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Abandoned, no longer in service
Lower St. Anthony Falls
8 megawatts, Xcel Energy
Plant destroyed, no longer in service
Lock and Dam 1
16 megawatts, Ford Motor Co., in process of being
sold to Brookfield
Lock and Dam 2
4 megawatts, City of Hastings, Minn.
Lock and Dam 19
135 megawatts, Union Electric
Pool 15
Two hydro plants
6.5 megawatts, Arsenal (U.S. Army Corps) Moline (private)
dams
Starved Rock Lock & Dam
Illinois River
8.6 megawatts, City of Peru, Ill.
Lockport Lock & Dam
Illinois River
12 megawatts, Lockport Powerhouse, City of Chicago
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Restaurant
Reviews
Harbor View Cafe and the Pickle Factory
in Pepin, Wis.
New
Book:
Great Minnesota Fish
Adventures on the Big River
Visit our River
Trips page for links to boaters
travelling downriver in assorted unusual craft
Apples- A Seasonal Feast
Upper Mississippi apples
and orchards
All
About Apples
U of Minn. apples
The
Flower Scans of Richard Pearce
The Flora of the Upper Mississippi |
