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    Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse [Image 4 of 5]

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    Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse

    ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES

    07.06.1961

    Photo by Leon Roberts 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District

    This is a view of the collapsed lock wall taken July 6, 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)

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    Date Taken: 07.06.1961
    Date Posted: 09.15.2025 11:06
    Photo ID: 9315076
    VIRIN: 610706-A-A1409-1050
    Resolution: 2797x2797
    Size: 1.61 MB
    Location: ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA, US

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