John Rankin Lock

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File:USACE John Rankin Lock and Dam.jpg
Aerial view of John Rankin Lock and Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. View is upriver to the north.

The John Rankin Lock (formerly named Lock D) is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the "Tenn-Tom").[1][2] It is located in Itawamba County, Mississippi, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Fulton.

The lock is part of a series of five locks within a stretch of the Tenn-Tom known as the "Chain of lakes" or canal section.[3] The lock has a lift of 30 feet.[4]

Formerly known simply as Lock D, the lock was later renamed for John E. Rankin, a former Mississippi First District Representative in the United States House of Representatives and an early champion of the Tenn-Tom.[4]

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