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==Arts and culture== {{more citations needed section|date=September 2015}} [[Image:Mississippi River Lock and Dam Number 19 near Keokuk Iowa.jpg|thumb|Keokuk, Iowa at bottom, with the Mississippi River, lock and dam No. 19, power plant, rail bridge and highway bridge.]] [[File:NWalkerKeokuk3.jpg|thumb|upright|Keokuk Monument, by [[Nellie Walker]]]] Attractions in Keokuk include: *[[Lock and Dam No. 19]], a [[hydroelectric power plant]] located on the Mississippi River. Built in 1913, it was the largest single powerhouse electric generating plant<ref name="ReviewOfReviews1913"> {{Cite journal | last = Shaw | first = Albert | title = Dedicating the Great Keokuk Dam | place = New York | publisher = The Review of Reviews Company | journal = The American Review of Reviews | issue = 4 | pages = 407 | date = October 1913 | volume = XLVIII | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=06HDO2eeZPQC&pg=PA97 }}</ref> and longest dam in the world, with the longest and highest voltage transmission line in the world. * The Grand Theatre, a performing arts center. *Chief Keokuk Monument, a marble slab and bronze statue marking the grave of [[Sauk people|Sauk]] leader [[Keokuk (Sauk leader)|Keokuk]], erected in 1913 by [[Nellie Walker]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/lee/monuments.htm | title=Lee County Monuments | last=Danielson | first=Cathy | website=Genealogy Trails History Group | access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref> * [[Keokuk National Cemetery]] * Keokuk Veteran's Memorial * Miller House Museum * George M. Verity River Museum.
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