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Nashville Engineer District

High Water Temporarily Closes Lock, Ferries

March 4, 2022

The Cheatham Lock and Dam on the Cumberland closed for four days due to high water while two ferries, one crossing the Ohio River and one the Lower Mississippi, remain… Read More

Wilson Main Chamber Closure Could Cause Delays A tow approaches the main chamber at Wilson Lock and Dam in November 2021. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Wilson Main Chamber Closure Could Cause Delays

January 26, 2022

Extensive work, including dewatering the main chamber, is scheduled to begin February 23 at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River after about two years of planning. The closure… Read More

Kentucky Lock Addition Excavation Passes Half-Way Point The upstream miter gates for the new lock chamber have already been built but are currently on dry land. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Kentucky Lock Addition Excavation Passes Half-Way Point

September 3, 2021

Crews expected to begin pumping water out from behind a cofferdam within the next few days as the Kentucky Lock Addition Project moved forward. The cofferdam was completed in March. Read More

Barkley Carp Barrier Has Positive Preliminary Results

July 2, 2021

Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More

Pipeline Shutdown Research Shows Importance Of Barging The mv. Tampa out of Ashland, Ky, and mv. Jess A. Mollineaux out of Nashville, Tenn., guide Marathon Petroleum Company fuel barges May 21 out of Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, headed to terminals in Nashville. The Nashville Engineer District worked with the fuel industry and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, which is performing maintenance at the lock, to schedule openings to accommodate deliveries of fuel to middle Tennessee. Each barge carries around 28,000 barrels of fuel. (Photo by Lee Roberts, courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Pipeline Shutdown Research Shows Importance Of Barging

June 25, 2021

A recent study has concluded that cities in middle and eastern Tennessee with access to barged petroleum products suffered less during the May shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline. Vanderbilt University… Read More

Nashville Dams Prevent $1.8 Billion In Flood Damages Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork River in Lancaster, Tenn., discharges water from its spillways April 8, 2021.  (Photo by Lee Roberts, Nashville Engineer District)

Nashville Dams Prevent $1.8 Billion In Flood Damages

June 21, 2021

Ten Nashville, Tenn., area dams in the Cumberland River basin prevented an estimated $1.8 billion in flood damages in March flooding. Nashville received 7.01 inches of rain March 27–28, making… Read More

Contractor Completes Cofferdam For Kentucky Lock Addition A Johnson Brothers Construction crew performs spot welds March 22, 2021, on a steel sheet pile on the completed cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Ky. The Nashville Engineer District is constructing a new 110- by 1,200-foot navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (Photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Contractor Completes Cofferdam For Kentucky Lock Addition

April 5, 2021

Crews have completed the cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, a milestone in preparing for downstream excavation work that will include construction of the remaining portion of the new… Read More

Corps Structural Engineer Honored As Technology Leader Gbandi Nikabou, structural engineer with the Nashville Engineer District Civil Design Branch’s structural section, was honored with a Modern-Day Technology Leader award during the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Technology Recognition Ceremony held virtually February 12. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Corps Structural Engineer Honored As Technology Leader

March 22, 2021

A structural engineer with the Nashville Engineer District received a special honor during the 35th Black Engineer of the Year Awards ceremony hosted virtually last month from Detroit, Mich. Gbandi… Read More

Corps Video Highlights Cumberland River Management Efforts The Weather Channel National News Correspondent Justin Michaels interviews Anthony Rodino, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, from Old Hickory Dam at Cumberland River Mile 216.2 as the dam discharges water at a rate of 102,000 cubic feet per second February 27, 2019, in Old Hickory, Tenn. Rodino is featured in a new educational video that highlights how the Nashville District manages water in the Cumberland River Basin. (photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Corps Video Highlights Cumberland River Management Efforts

December 23, 2020

The Nashville Engineer District has released a video highlighting how water is managed in the Cumberland River basin. The video, titled “Water Management: Cumberland River Basin,” is available at on… Read More

Nashville Corps Barge, Incinerator Burn Through Debris Lead Operator Jesse Neal operates the grapple crane on the PRIDE of the Cumberland, placing debris into an air curtain burner on a new floating barge in Lake Cumberland near Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Ky. (Photo by Lee Roberts, Nashville Engineer District)

Nashville Corps Barge, Incinerator Burn Through Debris

December 11, 2020

A new floating barge equipped with a special incinerator is helping the Nashville Engineer District to efficiently dispose of stumps, logs and driftwood debris. The incinerator barge began operating in… Read More

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