Air Horn Signals: Vessels desiring passage through a lock shall notify the lock operator by three long and distinct blasts of a horn, whistle, or megaphone, when within a reasonable distance from the lock. When the lock is ready for entrance, the lockmaster shall reply with three long blasts of a horn, whistle or calls through a megaphone. When the lock is not ready for entrance, the lock operator shall reply by four or more short distinct blasts of a horn, whistle, or call through a megaphone (danger signal). Permission to leave the lock shall be indicated by the lock operator by one long blast.
Obey all the instructions of the lock personnel. Your total time in the lock will be approximately 45 minutes. The pool in the lock chamber will be raised or lowered 84 to 25 feet depending on which lock you are in on the Tenn-Tom. When the pool reaches the proper level, the gates will be opened for your departure. Please wait for the operator's signal to release your line and exit the lock at a slow NO WAKE speed.
Locking Times: Lockages for pleasure crafts will be conducted on a scheduled basis during the weekend and federal holidays at all locks on the Tenn-Tom except Howell Heflin Lock. Weekday lockages will not be affected. Transit R/V traffic traveling the waterway will not be affected. Pleasure crafts may be locked through with transiting crafts at the lock operator’s discretion.
LOCKAGE SCHEDULES FOR PLEASURE CRAFT ON AFFECTED DAYS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Howell Heflin Lock - On Request
Jamie Whitten Lock, John Rankin Lock, John C. Stennis Lock, and Tom Bevill Lock schedule is even hours 6:00 A.M., 8:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M., 1200 P.M., 2:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M, 6:00 P.M., and 8:00 P.M...
G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Lock, Fulton Lock, and Amory Lock, schedule is odd hours 5:00 A.M., 7:00 A.M., 9:00 A.M., 11:00 A.M., 1:00 P.M., 3:00P.M., 5:00 P.M., and 7:00 P.M.
*NOTE* These schedules are only for weekend and federal holidays and will not affect transit traffic.*
Navigating the Channel: Stay between red and green buoys. They mark the river’s navigational channel. The Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway is 234 miles long and has 10 locks along the waterway. Its navigation channel is at least 280-300 feet wide at all points, and a minimum depth of 9 feet. All lock chambers are 110 feet wide by 600 feet long with depth over the sills of 15 feet minimum.
Tennessee-Tombigbee Contact Information
Tennessee-Tombigbee Management Center: (662) 327-2142
Jamie Whitten Lock: (662) 454-7977
G.V. Sonny Montgomery Lock: (662) 585-3915
John Rankin Lock: (662) 585-3080
Fulton Lock: (662) 862-7431
Glover Wilkins Lock: (662) 651-4966
Amory Lock: (662) 256-4051
Aberdeen Lock: (662) 369-7966