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Navigation Conditions at Oliver Lock and Dam, Black Warrior River Project; Hydraulic Model Investigation
William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam is located on the left descending bank of the Black Warrior River about 346.3 river miles above Mobile, AL, in the corporate limits of Tuscaloosa, AL. The principal existing structures are a 700-ft-long fixed-crest spillway and a 95- by 460-ft lock. The dam forms a run of the river pool that extends 8.8 miles upstream to Holt Lock and Dam. During high pool elevation and river discharges, tows bypass the lock and navigate over the fixed-crest weir. Oliver Lock has the smallest chamber (95 by 460 ft) on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, and the present plan of development is to replace the existing lock and dam with a new structure located about 2,300 ft downstream. The replacement structure will provide a 110- by 600-ft lock chamber and an 815-ft-long fixed-crest spillway. A fixed-bed model reproduced about 2.8 miles of the Black Warrior River channel and adjacent overbank area to an undistorted scale of 1:100. (rrh)
Navigation Conditions at Oliver Lock and Dam, Black Warrior River Project; Hydraulic Model Investigation
William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam is located on the left descending bank of the Black Warrior River about 346.3 river miles above Mobile, AL, in the corporate limits of Tuscaloosa, AL. The principal existing structures are a 700-ft-long fixed-crest spillway and a 95- by 460-ft lock. The dam forms a run of the river pool that extends 8.8 miles upstream to Holt Lock and Dam. During high pool elevation and river discharges, tows bypass the lock and navigate over the fixed-crest weir. Oliver Lock has the smallest chamber (95 by 460 ft) on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, and the present plan of development is to replace the existing lock and dam with a new structure located about 2,300 ft downstream. The replacement structure will provide a 110- by 600-ft lock chamber and an 815-ft-long fixed-crest spillway. A fixed-bed model reproduced about 2.8 miles of the Black Warrior River channel and adjacent overbank area to an undistorted scale of 1:100. (rrh)
Navigation Conditions at Oliver Lock and Dam, Black Warrior River Project; Hydraulic Model Investigation
R. T. Wooley (author)
1989
121 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fluid Mechanics , Civil Engineering , Hydraulic models , Navigation , Dams , Bacon , Beds(Process engineering) , Channels , Corporations , Elevation , Limitations , Models , Planning , Replacement , Rivers , Stationary
Spillway and navigation conditions, holt lock and dam, Warrior river, Alabama
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