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Photograph Construction of the Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River.

The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam is located in Tuscaloosa on the Black Warrior River. Completed in 1940, it was named after U. S. Representative William Oliver.…

Picture of the Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River.

The William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam is located in Tuscaloosa on the Black Warrior River. Completed in 1940, it was named after U. S. Representative William Oliver. The dam forms Lake…

Advertisement for Old South Coaches found in the 1930 Corolla, The University of Alabama yearbook.

The Corolla, v. 37, 1930

Mrs. J. C. Perkins stands beside one of the first bicycles seen in the Tuscaloosa area.

Two views of the Mobile and Ohio (M&O) trestle over the Black Warrior River near Tuscaloosa.The colored photo was taken around 1910 and the black and white circa 1950. The bridge for cars can be seen behind the trestle in the circa 1950 photo. The…

This photo was taken circa 1925 and shows the "Doodle Bug" coming from Northport, Alabama.

The Mobile & Ohio (M&O) Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was constructed across the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa for the M&O…

The Mobile & Ohio (M&O) Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was constructed across the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa for the M&O Railroad in 1898. Civil engineer Benjamin Hardaway, an 1887 graduate of the University of…

The railroad trestle across the Black Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport as it appears in 2015.

The Mobile & Ohio (M&O) Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was constructed across the Black Warrior River in…

In 1886, the U. S. Congress authorized constructing three locks overcoming the Tuscaloosa Falls, a series of rock rapids falling 25 feet in about two miles. Locks 1, 2, and 3 opened on January 12, 1896. To facilitate coal shipment, the River and…

Lock 13 was completed in May of 1905 and a formal ceremony was held on July 4, 1905. Lock 13 extended the upper limit of the Black Warrior River improvement to the junction of Locust and Mulberry forks of the river.

To facilitate coal shipment,…