John Hollis Bankhead Lock
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America
John Hollis Bankhead Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the Black Warrior River; it has a rise of only a few inches near to Port Talbot.
The Black Warrior River was built by Charles Yates and opened on 17 September 1888. In his autobiography Henry Edwards writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s
John Hollis Bankhead Lock
is a minor waterways place
on the Black Warrior River between
Tombigbee - Black Warrior Junction (Junction of the Tombigbee River with the Black Warrior River) (153.35 miles
and 3 locks
to the southwest) and
Mulberry - Locust Fork Junction (Junction of the Mulberry Fork and the Locust Fork at the head of Bankhead Lake) (24.65 miles
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Tombigbee - Black Warrior Junction is Holt Lock (Holt);
29.71 miles
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Mulberry - Locust Fork Junction is Franklin Ferry Bridge;
17.11 miles
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.
| KCS Railroad Bridge | 45.65 miles | |
| Hugh R. Thomas Bridge | 45.31 miles | |
| Woolsey Finnell Bridge | 40.33 miles | |
| Paul Bryant Bridge | 36.32 miles | |
| Holt Lock (Holt) | 29.71 miles | |
| John Hollis Bankhead Lock | ||
| Franklin Ferry Bridge | 17.11 miles | |
| Mulberry - Locust Fork Junction | 24.65 miles | |
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[Holt Lock and Dam]
early 20th century. The lock and dam impounds Holt Lake 19 miles (31 km) upstream to the John Hollis Bankhead Lock and Dam. The lock is located in the southern
[Tallulah Bankhead]
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[Bankhead Lake]
link] Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AL-137, "John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port Birmingham, Kellerman, Tuscaloosa
[List of crossings of the Black Warrior River]
Holt Lock and Dam Tuscaloosa County 33°15′14.51″N 87°26′57.85″W / 33.2540306°N 87.4494028°W / 33.2540306; -87.4494028 John Hollis Bankhead Lock and
[List of Art Deco architecture in the United States]
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John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port ...Title: John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port Birmingham, Kellerman, Tuscaloosa County, AL; Contributor Names: Historic American ...
AL-137, "John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port Birmingham, Kellerman, Tuscaloosa County, AL", 4 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo ...
John Hollis Bankhead Lock & Dam, On Warrior River below Port Birmingham, Kellerman, Tuscaloosa County, AL Photos from Survey HAER AL-137. About this  ...
Mar 27, 2008 ... John Hollis Bankhead In addition to serving as a soldier, state legislator ... Bay and to construct a series of locks and dams on the Warrior River.
Jan 9, 2019 ... In addition, 55-year-old asbestos-lined electrical cables will be replaced. John Hollis Bankhead in 1910. The U.S. senator from Jasper was a ...
They include Bankhead, Holt, Oliver, Warrior, Demopolis, and Coffeeville. ... of the original locks and dams have been replaced except for John Hollis Bankhead  ...
To provide that lock and dam numbered 17 on the Black Warrior River, Alabama, shall hereafter be known and designated as the John Hollis Bankhead lock.
Nov 19, 2018 ... Project location and description: The John Hollis. Bankhead Lock and Dam were designed and built by the. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
BANKHEAD, JOHN HOLLIS, (father of John Hollis Bankhead II and William Brockman Bankhead, and grandfather of Walter Will Bankhead) , a Representative ...
... pressures in the filling and emptying culvert system and to monitor various other parameters relating to the operation of the new John Hollis Bankhead Lock.