Things aren't always what they look like. Traditional Cache
Things aren't always what they look like.
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You can't get to it like a bird would. Look for the trap door.
The Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has a rich history of navigation improvements. The first three locks on the river were completed in 1895 to overcome the Tuscaloosa Falls, a series of rock rapids. These locks were crucial for facilitating coal shipment and other river traffic.
In 1940, the William Bacon Oliver Lock and Dam was constructed, replacing and covering the original three locks. This modern dam, named after U.S. Representative William Bacon Oliver, was the first of its kind on the Black Warrior River and forms Lake Oliver.
Remnants of the original locks still exist and serve as historical markers of the river’s development (as you see right here by this cache).
Another sight sure to catch the eye of visiting trail runners is the wooden trestle railroad bridge just west of the Lurleen Wallace overpass. According to the Tuscaloosa News website, "The M&O Railroad trestle is a wooden and steel truss bridge that was constructed across the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898." This bridge is a historically significant marvel of engineering, which is still in use today.
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