The Nashville Engineer District has awarded employees who supported back-to-back repairs at Wilson and Pickwick locks with its Hedgehog Award, recognizing excellence in the performance of their duties. Nearly 50… Read More
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After more than a decade in storage, 12 massive beams for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project are being barged to the site. The Nashville Engineer District began moving the first… Read More
A Tennessee Valley Authority tow passes through the main chamber of Wilson Locks and Dam. The lock chamber officially reopened to navigation July 2 after being closed since September 25. Read More
Repairs at Wilson Lock and Dam are expected to be complete and the chamber reopened on July 8. While work is still ongoing, several key tasks have been completed, allowing… Read More
Construction of a new, 600- by 110-foot lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River has reached two major milestones, with crews beginning to erect the new lock’s… Read More
More than six months after the closure of Wilson Lock’s main chamber, ports, shippers, fleeting services, linehaul operations and other river-related businesses say it is costing them. In some cases,… Read More
An unexpected storm dumped 6 to 7 inches of rain near where crews are working to repair the main navigational lock at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River,… Read More
Cheatham Lock, located at Cumberland River Mile 148.7, is currently under scheduled maintenance as part a joint effort between the Nashville Engineer District and the Corps of Engineers’ Regional Rivers… Read More
The regional heavy capacity fleet has arrived at Wilson Locks and Dam, Tennessee River Mile 259.4, to begin dewatering the main lock chamber for repairs aimed at returning it to… Read More
Crews are on schedule to resume work later this month inside the main chamber at Wilson Lock and Dam while design work and machining of replacement components continues. In a… Read More
