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William Baker Oliver Lock & Dam, Spans Warrior River between Tuscaloosa & Northport, Tuscaloosa

William Baker Oliver Lock & Dam, Spans Warrior River between Tuscaloosa & Northport, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL. Surveyed as HAER ALA,63-TUSLO,29-, with a 293-word written history.

From the record

“William Baker Oliver Lock & Dam, Spans Warrior River between Tuscaloosa & Northport, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL”

Survey record header. Machine-read text.

Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER ALA,63-TUSLO,29- · the record runs 293 words · one of 45 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Written history

123 words

Source document Quoted word for word from HAER ALA,63-TUSLO,29-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

This report is based on written documentation donated by the Birmingham Historical Society, reformatted to HABS/HAER guidelines. Historical Overview: The Oliver Lock and Dam replaced Locks No. 10, 11, 12 (old No. 1, No. 2, No. 3). The dam and lock were named for William Bacon Oliver, U.S. Congressman from Tuscaloosa. The Warrior-Tombigbee Development Association began in to work for the redevelopment of the Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway System. Replacement of outmoded locks and dams, improvement of the Port of Mobile, and ongoing maintenance funds to support reliable navigation are the objectives of the association.

Five locks were constructed from to Prior to construction of the current dam, a reconnaissance survey of the Oliver Lock and Dam properties was prepared for the Corps of Engineers.

In context

Tuscaloosa, Alabama The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 129 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report as the survey filed it.

Also surveyed in Tuscaloosa

24 of 30 records shown

The federal surveyors worked through Tuscaloosa building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Smith HallHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,26-11,594 words
University of AlabamaHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,3A1,384 words
Jemison-van de Graaff-Burchfield HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,5-1,354 words
Dr. John R. Drish HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,1-1,234 words
Warrior RiverHAER ALA,63-TUSLO,28-1,145 words
University of AlabamaHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,3B-1,024 words
Eddins HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,4-979 words
Dearing-Bagby HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,16-917 words
GulfHAER ALA,63-TUSLO,27-675 words
Old Alabama State CapitolHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,21-564 words
Alfred Battle HomeHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,13-527 words
Dearing HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,15-430 words
Louisville & Nashville Railroad DepotHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,25-412 words
Christ Episcopal ChurchHABS ALA,63,TUSLO,20-385 words
E. N. C. Snow HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,6-358 words
Gluck HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,12-329 words
Samuel M. Peck HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,9-311 words
University of AlabamaHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,3C-278 words
Duffies TavernHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,11-263 words
Ormond-Litte HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,2-250 words
Thomas Prince HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,18-247 words
Martin-Randolph-Marlowe HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,10-182 words
Foster-Shirley HouseHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,7-178 words
Alston BuildingHABS ALA,63-TUSLO,22-166 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HAER ALA,63-TUSLO,29-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from the linked federal record; page labels and counts are clearly marked as site presentation or calculations.