| Summary: | Color print view of the first boat passing through the 3rd Lock Chamber located in Florence, Ala. Tall concrete wall with two riverboats passing through the dam chambers. Men standing atop the wall watching the boats. Steps leading up side of wall. Divided back postcard. Printed on front: 'First Boat Passing Through 3rd Lock Chamber, Florence, Ala. -10' Printed on back: 'United States engineers and others witnessing the passing of the first boat through the giant locks with ninety-five feet lift at the north end of Wilson Dam, Florence, Ala. These locks make the Tennessee river navigable between Paducah, Ky., and Chattanooga, Tenn. E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, 18836 N, Photo by G. W. Landrum.'
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