Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River reopened at 7 a.m. October 2, 102 days after cracks in a monolith caused an unscheduled shutdown. The Mobile Engineer District is planning… Read More
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Whether you call it the Birmingham-Jefferson County Port Authority (BJCPA), the Port of Birmingham or simply Birmingport, there’s no denying the importance of the largest Alabama inland port that feeds… Read More
By Cheryl Wray and Frank McCormack Holt Lock, located at Mile 347 on the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa, Ala., could be just a few weeks away from reopening to… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District held an industry day September 4 at Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., to discuss the plan to repair a… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District is moving closer to identifying temporary and permanent fixes to the monolith instability issue that forced an emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District has ordered the emergency closure of Holt Lock on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Ala., following the appearance of new cracks and a stability analysis… Read More
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 and… Read More
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
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
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