Brandon Road Lock and Dam

	Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	1100 Brandon Rd., Joliet, Illinois
Coordinates	41°30′12″N 88°06′11″W / 41.50329°N 88.10309°W
Area	92.9 acres (37.6 ha)
Built	1933
Architect	Smith, Walter Mickle
Architectural style	Lock and Dam, Other
MPS	Illinois Waterway Navigation System Facilities MPS
NRHP reference No.	04000163
Added to NRHP	March 10, 2004

The Brandon Road Lock and Dam is a lock and dam complex along the Des Plaines River in Joliet, Illinois. The complex was built from 1927 to 1933 in conjunction with the construction of the Illinois Waterway, which allowed for barge travel between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. The lock and dam are also used to regulate water levels on the river between Lockport and Joliet. The lock at the complex is 110 by 600 feet (34 by 183 m) and has four Miter gates, with a 34-foot (10.3 meter) drop. The dam is 2,372 feet (723 m) long and includes concrete and earthen segments. The complex also includes a disused junction lock for the Illinois and Michigan Canal, the control station for the lock, and a modern pump house.^[2]

The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District on March 10, 2004.^[1]

In the 2020s the dam is the focal point of one of the largest projects ever undertaken to curb the spread of an invasive species.^[3]^: 22 The hope of the BRIP (Brandon Road Interbasin Project) is to keep Asian carp from establishing a population in the Great Lakes.^[3]^: 22

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Henning, Barbara J. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District. National Park Service, 2001.
^ ^a ^b Bliss, Laura (2025). "The billion-dollar carp plan: The US government is spending big to protect the Great Lakes from the invasive fish". Bloomberg Businessweek (January): 21-23.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Henning, Barbara J. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District. National Park Service, 2001.

[Bliss-2025-01-Carp-3] Bliss, Laura (2025). "The billion-dollar carp plan: The US government is spending big to protect the Great Lakes from the invasive fish". Bloomberg Businessweek (January): 21-23.

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