Live Webcams in Keokuk

Keokuk, Iowa, is a Mississippi River town at the southern tip of the state, and the live webcams in Keokuk watch the river do its most dramatic thing: drop through a lock and dam that has controlled it since 1913. The lock chamber and its approach are where the action is, where fifteen-barge tows slide in, the gates close, and freight trains cross on the bridge behind. The town keeps Central Time, UTC−6, UTC−5 in summer; towboats work around the clock during the navigation season from March to December, and from January the bald eagles gather below the dam to fish the open water. The drop through Lock and Dam 19 is about 38 feet, the highest lift on the upper Mississippi, which is why a lockage here takes longer and is worth waiting through.