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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a connecting link between the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers.
The waterway is 234 miles long, and it is composed of ten locks:
- Howell Heflin Lock and Dam (named for Howell Heflin); formerly named Gainesville Lock and Dam
- Tom Bevill Lock and Dam (named for Tom Bevill); formerly named Aliceville Lock and Dam
- John C. Stennis Lock and Dam (named for John C. Stennis); formerly named Columbus Lock and Dam
- Aberdeen Lock and Dam (Aberdeen, Mississippi)
- Amory Lock (Amory, Mississippi); formerly named Lock A
- Glover Wilkins Lock (located in Smithville, Mississippi; named for Glover Wilkins); formerly named Lock B
- Fulton Lock (Fulton, Mississippi); formerly named Lock C
- John Rankin Lock (named for John W. Rankin); formerly named Lock D
- G. V. Montgomery Lock (named for Sonny Montgomery); formerly named Lock E
- Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam (named for Jamie L. Whitten); formerly named Bay Springs Lock and Dam
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