spillway at Lake Tuscaloosa
Lake Tuscaloosa
Feb. 2003
Two photos of the spillway on Lake Tuscaloosa at New Watermelon Road (Co. Rd 87)
plaque at Lake Tuscaloosa
Plaque mounted to a rock near the spillway:
"Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement in Alabama 1970
Awarded by Alabama Section American Society of Civil Engineers"
other area photographs:
turn around and look at the fog machine

view of New Watermelon
(former Lake Tuscaloosa Dam Road)


climb the hill towards Rice Mine Rd NE -
Greater Tuscaloosa/Northport All-America City

head east on New Watermelon to McWright's Ferry and Old Coal Road

round the corner to North River and Fire Station #10

Eastern Bypass bridge construction

nearby Coral Industries freight yard and showroom

cross the Black Warrior to the former
Tuscaloosa Steel (now Corus)
The current "buzz" on the lake is bacterial levels and recreational safety. Signs have been posted at various boat landings to indicate the results of the latest tests. Development around the lake, both residential and farm, and an aged water treatment facility in Berry are being blamed for recurrent problems.