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Warrior-Tombigbee Stakeholders Celebrate Demopolis Reopening At Annual Meeting

May 29, 2024

The 74th annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA) may go down as one of the most celebratory, thanks to the May 16 reopening of Demopolis Lock in rural,… Read More

Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure The mv. Thelma Parker II takes the first tow into Demopolis Lock May 16 after the lock reopened following a four-month closure. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

The mv. Thelma Parker II takes the first tow into Demopolis Lock May 16 after the lock reopened following a four-month closure. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure

May 17, 2024

Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead of… Read More

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 Demopolis… Read More

Infrastructure Repairs Lead To Delays Across The South

April 5, 2024

While repair work at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama continues to march steadily toward a late-May reopening, operators on the Black Warrior River and farther south on… 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 conclusion… 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 a concrete… 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 overlooking… Read More

Forty-First Tenn-Tom Waterway Conference Draws Large Crowd Nelson Sanchez, operations division chief for the Mobile Engineer District. (photo by Frank McCormack)

Nelson Sanchez, operations division chief for the Mobile Engineer District. (photo by Frank McCormack)

Forty-First Tenn-Tom Waterway Conference Draws Large Crowd

August 25, 2023

Managers, operators and stakeholders of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) gathered in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay August 9–11 at the Grand Hotel for the 41st… Read More

Tenn-Tom Conference Set For August 9–12 TTW

Tenn-Tom Conference Set For August 9–12

June 23, 2023

Stakeholders of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom) will gather in Point Clear, Ala., on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay at the Grand Hotel on August 9–11 for the 41st annual… Read More

Warrior-Tombigbee Association Holds 73rd Annual Meeting Charlie Haun, center, was honored for his 28 years of service as chairman of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association during the association's annual meeting. With him are Horace Horn, current chairman, and Wynne Fuller, president of the association. (Photo courtesy of WTWA)

Charlie Haun, center, was honored for his 28 years of service as chairman of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association during the association's annual meeting. With him are Horace Horn, current chairman, and Wynne Fuller, president of the association. (Photo courtesy of WTWA)

Warrior-Tombigbee Association Holds 73rd Annual Meeting

May 19, 2023

Operators, waterway managers and other stakeholders of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway gathered in Orange Beach, Ala., May 10–12 for the 73rd annual meeting of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway Association (WTWA). The… Read More