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[[Image:Tow entering Jamie Whitten Lock.jpg|thumb|A tow entering the downstream end of Jamie Whitten Lock]]
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 [[Tishomingo County, Mississippi|Tishomingo County]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States]], close to the [[Prentiss County, Mississippi|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 {{convert|84|ft|m|0}}.  The dam forms [[Bay Springs Lake]].

Originally named Bay Springs Lock and Dam, the structure was renamed for [[Jamie Whitten]], who served [[Mississippi]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for over 50 years ({{As of|2008|lc=y}}, Whitten had the longest tenure of any Representative in history).

==References==
*{{cite web | url={{Gnis3|689864}} | title=Bay Springs Lock and Dam | work=[[Geographic Names Information System]] | publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] | accessdate=2006-05-02 }}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506052815/http://tenntom.sam.usace.army.mil/ Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway] (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

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[[Category:Dams in Mississippi]]
[[Category:Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tishomingo County, Mississippi]]