Navigation Locks on Southeastern Rivers
Here in one place is a list of the Navigation Locks on the Rivers in the Southeast. We are starting with the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, with others to be added as we find them. The Tennessee/Cumberland data is from a Corps of Engineers' pamphlet, Apalachicola/Chattahoochee data was from several places on the Mobile District ACOE web site.
Dam Dimensions, feet Nominal Lift, feet Reservoir Length, miles Date Opened
Tennessee River (upstream from the Ohio River)
Kentucky 600x110 57 184 1944
Pickwick Main 1000x110 55 53 1984
Pickwick Aux 600x110 - - 1937
Wilson Main 600x110 93 15 1959
Wilson Aux 300x60
(double)
46.5
46.5
- 1927
Wheeler Main 600x110 48 74 1963
Wheeler Aux 400x60 - - 1934
Guntersville Main 600x110 39 76 1965
Guntersville Aux 360x60 - - 1939
Nickajack 600x110 39 46 1967
Chickamauga 360x60 48 58 1940
Watts Bar 360x60 59 72 1942
Fort Loudoun 360x60 72 47 1943
Clinch River (upstream from Watts Bar Lake)
Melton Hill 400x75 57 38 1963
Cumberland River (upstream from the Ohio River)
Barkley 800x110 57 118 1964
Cheatham 800x110 26 67 1954
Old Hickory 397x84 60 97 1956
Cordell Hull 400x84 59 67 1973
Apalachicola River (upstream from the Apalachicola Bay, Gulf of Mexico)
Jim Woodruff
(Lake Seminole)
450x82 33 47 19??
Chattahoochee River (upstream from Lake Seminole)
George W. Andrews 450x82 25 29 19??
Walter F. George 450x82 88 85 1963
Savannah River (upstream from Tybee Island Sound, Atlantic Ocean)
New Savannah Bluff
(obsolete)
360x56 15   1937-1995