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Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel
Canal in Sacramento County, California, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (also known as Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel or SRDWSC) is a canal from the Port of Sacramento in West Sacramento, California, to the Sacramento River, which flows into San Francisco Bay. It was completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The channel is about 30 feet (9.1 m) deep, 200 feet (61 m) wide, and 43 miles (69 km) long.
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Location | Solano County / Yolo County, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 38.12547°N 121.69662°W / 38.12547; -121.69662[1] |
Specifications | |
Length | 43 miles (69 km) |
Maximum boat draft | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
Locks | 1 (closed) |
Navigation authority | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
History | |
Date approved | 1946 |
Construction began | 1949 |
Date of first use | June 1963 |
Geography | |
Start point | Sacramento River |
End point | Port of Sacramento |
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The Port of Sacramento is a significant port on the West Coast of the United States, but receives far less traffic than larger ports. It handles primarily agricultural products and other bulk goods rather than containers, which dominate the shipping market.
A plan to dredge the channel to 35 feet (11 m) became stalled in 1990 because the Port of Sacramento was unable to finance its share of the cost. Nonetheless, there is still interest in the project.[3][when?][from whom?]
The channel has one set of ships locks—the William B. Stone Sacramento Locks—located at the eastern terminus of the channel, where it meets the Sacramento River. These locks were decommissioned in the mid 1980s and de-authorized in 2000. While the locks were reactivated for a fish passage study in 2003 and 2004, they are currently non-operational.[4]
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