This is a view of the collapsed lock wall taken July 14, 1961, at Wheeler Lock on the Tennessee River in Rogersville, Alabama. The photo was included in a TVA report titled “Wheeler Lock Failure” written in November 1961. The report concluded that a thin seam of clay located within a shale band in the bedrock caused the failure. (TVA Photo)
| Date Taken: | 08.14.1961 |
| Date Posted: | 09.15.2025 11:06 |
| Photo ID: | 9315068 |
| VIRIN: | 610714-A-A1409-1050 |
| Resolution: | 2845x2845 |
| Size: | 1.55 MB |
| Location: | ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA, US |
| Web Views: | 9 |
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Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse
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