The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the US state of Oregon. Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls – since their closure in 2011 the locks are classified to be in a "non-operational status" and are expected to remain permanently closed.
Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the four inter-connected locks are 25 miles upriver from the Columbia River at West Linn, just across the Willamette River from Oregon City. The locks are operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served primarily pleasure boats. These locks were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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