Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway

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The Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway is a major navigable river and canal system in the southeastern United States that connects central Alabama’s interior to the Gulf of Mexico, supporting commercial shipping, industry, and regional economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf inland waterway ⓘ
navigation canal system ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connects Black Warrior River ⓘ
Port of Mobile ⓘ
Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
Tombigbee River ⓘ
interior of central Alabama ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicRole major transportation corridor for bulk commodities ⓘ
hasAlternativeName BWT Waterway ⓘ
hasFeature canalized river sections ⓘ
dams ⓘ
locks ⓘ
hasLock Bankhead Lock and Dam ⓘ
Coffeeville Lock and Dam ⓘ
Demopolis Lock and Dam ⓘ
Holt Lock and Dam ⓘ
Oliver Lock and Dam ⓘ
William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Lock and Dam
hasUse barge transportation ⓘ
commercial navigation ⓘ
industrial shipping ⓘ
linkedTo Mississippi River system via Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
southeastern United States ⓘ
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
navigable yes ⓘ
navigationClass barge traffic ⓘ
openedForNavigation 20th century ⓘ
partOf United States Inland Waterway System ⓘ
primaryPort Port of Mobile ⓘ
purpose facilitate export of raw materials ⓘ
improve navigation to the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
support industrial development ⓘ
regionServed Black Warrior River basin ⓘ
Tombigbee River basin ⓘ
linked to: Tombigbee River

central Alabama ⓘ
supports agricultural commodities transport ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
petroleum transport ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
terminus Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
waterwayType river and canal system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inland Waterway System of the United States → hasPart → Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
Black Warrior River system → partOf → Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway
Coffeeville Lock and Dam → isPartOf → Tombigbee River navigation system ⓘ
linked to: Black Warrior–Tombigbee Waterway