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The opening and dedication of Lock 17 on the Black Warrior River was the occasion for celebration. “Steamers came up from Mobile bring(ing) visitors for the opening ceremony. They came with visitors already on board and picked up more along the way,…

An ox-cart passes what may be the Hamner house on Main Avenue in Northport.

A team of oxen hauls a load of logs down Broad Street at 23rd Avenue. The First National Bank is in the background. Note the condition of the city's main street.

The Pontoon Bridge across the Black Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport was used during the construction of the drawbridge in 1922.

Roads to the bridge used the old Tuscaloosa and Northport wharves. This picture is looking north at the…

Unidentified men stand on Rooster Bridge. The drawbridge was located on Highway 80 about 15 miles west of Demopolis. Fighting cocks were donated and auctioned off to raise money to build the bridge. President Woodrow Wilson donated one rooster which…

Frank I. Derby, organizer of the 1919 Rooster Auction in Demopolis, Ala., accepts a rooster from President Woodrow Wilson. Derby is holding the rooster on a tray.

The auction was held to raise money to build a bridge spanning the Tombigbee River.…

Photograph of the Satterfield Freight & Motor Lines.

The paddleboat was originally named "J.H. Menge." In July 1916, she was sold to Capt. Owen F. Burke, Mobile, who renamed her and ran her Mobile-Alabama-Tombigbee Rivers until he sold her to steamboat broker John F. Klein in 1919. Klein ran her…

This photograph of the Black Warrior River was taken from the old draw bridge that spanned the river from Northport to Tuscaloosa. The old Lock 10 can be seen up the river. Old Lock 10 was located approximately where the River Market is located…

The "Josie W." passes through the Black Warrior River lift bridge with tow for Mobile, Alabama. W.A. Randlette was captain.