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Demopolis Lock

Bearing Failure Causes Unplanned Closure At Cochran Lock

February 23, 2024

With the extended closure at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama ongoing, the Mobile Engineer District has announced a second, albeit much shorter, unplanned lock closure within its… Read More

Corps Awards Demopolis Repair Contract Mobile District fleet personnel continue to remove debris from the chamber at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Chad Brumelow)

Corps Awards Demopolis Repair Contract

February 16, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District is marching ahead with repair work at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, near Demopolis, Ala., where a portion of the upper miter sill failed January… Read More

Another Stress Point In Inland System WJ Editorial

Another Stress Point In Inland System

February 12, 2024

Demopolis Lock, located on the Tombigbee River just below its confluence with the Black Warrior River, has been in a non-scheduled closure since January 16 and is now expected to… Read More

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape Corps of Engineers crews had to remove and reset stoplogs at Demopolis Lock last week to position vessels for the repair project, which is expected to last until May. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Assets Arrive At Demopolis, Repair Plan Takes Shape

February 9, 2024

Almost a month has passed since a large portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock broke off and fell into the chamber on January 16, and the plan… Read More

Demopolis Closure Likely To Last Until May

February 2, 2024

Demopolis Lock, located on the Tombigbee River just below its confluence with the Black Warrior River, has been closed since the morning of January 16, when the on-duty lock operator… Read More

Corps Continues Work at Demopolis Despite Weather Water rushes under the upper miter gate of Demopolis Lock following a breach of the gate sill January 16. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Reich)

Corps Continues Work at Demopolis Despite Weather

January 26, 2024

Nearly two weeks after a portion of the upper miter sill at Demopolis Lock failed, forcing the Mobile Engineer District to close the lock to navigation, Corps officials continue to… Read More

Miter Sill Concrete Failure Forces Demopolis Lock Closure Water pours into Demopolis Lock after an apparent concrete failure in a miter gate sill.

Miter Sill Concrete Failure Forces Demopolis Lock Closure

January 19, 2024

The Mobile Engineer District has announced an emergency closure of Demopolis Lock, located near Demopolis, Ala., just below where the Black Warrior River enters the Tombigbee River, following a concrete… Read More

Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association Holds 71st Annual Meeting

May 24, 2021

Familiar faces abounded at the 71st annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA), held May 17–19 at the Grand Hotel Marriott in Point Clear, Ala. The 2021 meeting came… Read More

High Water Hampers Navigation On Tenn-Tom, Warrior-Tom

February 14, 2020

Due to high water following days of rain in the Southeast, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced a series of lock restrictions on both the Tennessee-Tombigbee and Warrior-Tombigbee waterways… Read More

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