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Amory Lock

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All locks of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For large vessels, lock operation is made on demand. For pleasure boats using the Amory Lock, the lock operates in the morning at 5, 7, 9, and 11 A.M., and in the afternoon at 1, 3, 5, and 7 P.M.
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Certain vessels are given priority over others wishing to use the Amory Lock. The priority status from greatest to least is: U.S. military craft, commercial passenger craft, commercial tows, commercial fisherman, pleasure boats.
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The Amory Lock is located at mile 371.1 on the waterway, representing the navigational distance from the southern end of the waterway at the
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The Amory Lock was constructed at a cost of $ 23.3 million, and it created a 914 acres (370 ha) lake north of the lock and dam.
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All locks on the waterway use marine radio channel 16 for standby; the Amory Lock's unique marine radio channel is 14.
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Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Mississippi
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34°00′40″N 88°29′21″W / 34.01111°N 88.48917°W / 34.01111; -88.48917 (Amory Lock and Dam)
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
Mississippi
Monroe County
United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Amory, Mississippi
Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge
U.S. Route 90
Mobile, Alabama




"Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway"
"Tennessee-Tombigbee Locks"
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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Howell Heflin
Tom Bevill
John C. Stennis
Aberdeen
Amory
Glover Wilkins

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