Muscle Shoals Canal Marker

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Title

Muscle Shoals Canal Marker

Subject

Historic Markers; Killen, AL; Lauderdale County, AL

Description

This historic marker is located at the intersection of U.S. 72, Killen, Alabama.

The text on the marker reads: "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."

Creator

Dylan Tucker, University of North Alabama

Source

“Muscle Shoals Canal Marker”. Accessed 11/04/2015. http://www.lat34north.com/historicmarkersal/

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

11/5/2015

Type

Text