Resource
Report on Failure of Wheeler Lock
Resource Type
Reports
Reference Title
Report on Failure of Wheeler Lock
Organization/Agency
Tennessee Valley Authority
Year
1961
Date
12/1961
Document Number
3-480
Topic Location
Alabama
Abstract/Additional Information
Report, including appendices and exhibits, of information obtained both before and after the failure of Wheeler Lock. The report describes the reasons for the failure of the land well and also describes how the two locks, each of which will include portions of the original lock and dam, were being constructed so as to be safe from sliding.
