- City:
- Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Electricity, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Bankhead Lock and Dam (Lock 17) on the Black Warrior River in the vicinity of Birmingham. “Dam no. 17 on the Warrior River has improved the navigability of the river. This dam is being constructed by PWA.”
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress: (https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.al1224.photos/?sp=4), accessed November 10, 2017.
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 10, 2017.
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Rodney Gresham
Thanks, any info will help