1836 - 1918
Lock Six, headquarters of Muscle Shoals Canal, was located 1.3 miles south of here. An 1836 attempt to build a bypass canal around the shoals proved unsuccessful. On November 10, 1890 the canal from Rogersville to Florence was successfully completed. The river fell 85 feet in 14 1/2 miles requiring nine locks. Canal was closed in 1918 and later covered by backwaters from Wilson and Wheeler Dams. Jesse James robbed the U.S. Payroll near Lock Six in 1881.| HM Number | HMIXR |
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| Placed By | Brooks High School Classes |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 5th, 2014 at 11:34am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 16S E 450444 N 3857348 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 34.85726667, -87.54211667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 34° 51.436', W 87° 32.527' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 34° 51' 26.16" N, 87° 32' 31.62" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 256 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1507 Lee Highway, Killen AL 35645, US |
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