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Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam

General Information

Other name(s): Bay Springs Lock and Dam
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Lock

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 34° 31' 19.92" N    88° 19' 30" W
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Technical Information

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Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam (formerly named Bay Springs Lock and Dam) is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly called the Tenn-Tom). It is located in south Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States, close to the Prentiss County line.

It is the northernmost lock and dam on the Tenn-Tom, and was completed at a cost of US$75 million. The lock is the fourth-highest single lift lock in the United States, and raises and lowers barges 84 feet (26 m). The dam forms Bay Springs Lake.

Originally named Bay Springs Lock and Dam, the structure was renamed for Jamie Whitten, who served Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives for over 50 years (as of 2008, Whitten had the longest tenure of any Representative in history).

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam" and modified on 23 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20050873
  • Published on:
    26/12/2009
  • Last updated on:
    24/07/2014
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