The Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam (formerly named Bay Springs Lock and Dam) is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly called the Tenn-Tom). It is located in south

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, close to the Prentiss County line. It is the northernmost lock and dam on the Tenn-Tom, and was completed at a cost of US$75 million. The lock is the fourth-highest single lift lock in the United States, and raises and lowers barges . The dam forms

Bay Springs Lake Bay Springs Lake is a reservoir on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is impounded by the Jamie Whitten Lock and Dam. The lake is approximately nine miles long, between waterway mile markers 412 at the dam, a ...

. Originally named Bay Springs Lock and Dam, the structure was renamed for Jamie Whitten, who served

in the

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for over 50 years (, Whitten had the longest tenure of any Representative in history).

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Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) {{coord, 34, 31, 20, N, 88, 19, 30, W, region:US-MS_type:landmark, display=title Dams in Mississippi Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway Buildings and structures in Tishomingo County, Mississippi