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Concrete Sill Repairs At Demopolis Lock Are Nearing Completion

May 10, 2024

There’s light at the end of the lock chamber for stakeholders of both the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), with emergency repairs almost complete at… Read More

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock

April 12, 2024

The concrete trucks began arriving at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in rural Alabama around 4 a.m. April 11 for the first of seven concrete pours to repair… Read More

Debris Removal Completed At Demopolis Lock On a deck barge in the lock chamber, crews assemble forms that will eventually be lifted into the chamber to hold newly-poured concrete in place. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

On a deck barge in the lock chamber, crews assemble forms that will eventually be lifted into the chamber to hold newly-poured concrete in place. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Debris Removal Completed At Demopolis Lock

March 29, 2024

The effort to repair Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama has entered a new phase, now that debris removal is complete. The Mobile Engineer District marked the… Read More

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… 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)

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… 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 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… 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… 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)

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… 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.

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… Read More

Tenn-Tom Holds Ribbon Cutting For New Headquarters Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway officials and stakeholders cut the ribbon for a new Waterway Management Center in Columbus, Miss. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway officials and stakeholders cut the ribbon for a new Waterway Management Center in Columbus, Miss. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Tenn-Tom Holds Ribbon Cutting For New Headquarters

October 13, 2023

The Mobile Engineer District’s Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project management team held a ribbon cutting and grand opening October 5 for the waterway’s new Waterway Management Center, located on a bluff… Read More