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Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (Canal Section))

The Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (Canal Section)) was built by William Jessop and opened on 17 September 1782. Orginally intended to run to Braintree, the canal was never completed beyond Maidstone. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverpool were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (Canal Section)) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Pembroke kept it open. The Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (Canal Section)) was closed in 1905 when Kings Lynn Cutting collapsed. Despite the claim in "A Very Special Boat" by Arthur Parker, there is no evidence that Charles Harding ever painted a mural of Northley Locks on the side of Henry Wood's house for a bet

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The Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (Canal Section)) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway. It runs for 54.12 miles through 6 locks from Bay Springs Lake (southern entrance) (where it joins the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Bay Springs Lake)) to Tombigbee - Town Junction (where it joins the Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway (Tombigbee Waterway (River Section))).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Bay Springs Lake (southern entrance)
Jamie Whitten Lock	0.16 miles	0 locks
Mississippi Highway 4 Bridge	0.51 miles	1 lock
Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge (new)	1.57 miles	1 lock
G. V. Montgomery Lock	6.25 miles	1 lock
John Rankin Lock	15.55 miles	2 locks
Fulton Lock	24.85 miles	3 locks
U.S. Highway 78 Twin Bridges	26.51 miles	4 locks
Glover Wilkins Lock	41.67 miles	4 locks
Amory Lock	48.19 miles	5 locks
Mississippi Highway 6 Bridge	49.42 miles	6 locks
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge	49.74 miles	6 locks
U.S. Highway 278 Bridge	51.58 miles	6 locks
Tombigbee - Town Junction Junction of the Tombigbee River with the Town Creek	54.12 miles	6 locks

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[Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway] The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom) is a 234-mile (377 km) man-made U.S. waterway built in the 20th century from the Tennessee [Tombigbee River] connected in its upper reaches to the Tennessee River via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The name "Tombigbee" comes from Choctaw /itumbi ikbi/, meaning [List of waterways] St. Clair River St. Marys River and canal of Michigan Tennessee River Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway List of canals in the United States Dnieper River Rio [Great Loop] Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Rideau Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The entire loop stretches [Tennessee River] defines the boundary between two of Tennessee's Grand Divisions: Middle and West Tennessee. The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [Mississippi River System] inland waterways which are connected by artificial means. Important connecting waterways include the Illinois Waterway, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and [Amory, Mississippi] Mississippian Railway. Ship transport can be accommodated on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. Lucille Bogan, classic female blues singer Lt. Col. Herman Carter [Aberdeen, Mississippi] popular recreational area. Aberdeen Lock and Dam is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway system. In 1540, Hernando DeSoto's expedition was the first European [Columbus, Mississippi] east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It is approximately 146 miles (235 km) [Glover Wilkins] Glover Wilkins was a long-time administrator of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority. Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority

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