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
Tennessee River
One of America’s newest waterways, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom), turned 40 last month. Four decades ago, on January 14, 1985, the mv. Eddie Waxler departed Mobile, Ala., and headed up… Read More
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear touted western Kentucky’s economic wins, including those related to the river industry, as the keynote speaker for the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Public Policy… Read More
A swinging bottle of orange soda, rather than champagne, christened the new Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) ferryboat mv. Summitt. Orange is the color associated with the University of Tennessee,… Read More
The announcement of the finalized and reconciled Water Resources Development Act moving out of committee and the subsequent approval of the full House of Representatives on December 10 was welcome… Read More
Dewatering of the main lock chamber at Wilson Lock and Dam found more extensive cracking than previously known, and inspectors are assessing what that meant in terms of repairs. “Some… Read More
While many people aid in response and recovery after a natural disaster, a team from the Nashville Engineer District hopes its technical assistance in areas flooded during Hurricane Helene could… Read More
The Corps of Engineers hopes to know by December 1 whether repair efforts at Wilson Lock, located at Tennessee River Mile 259.4 in Florence, Ala., will permit limited operation of… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District is continuing efforts to map out a repair plan for the lower miter gates in the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near… Read More
The main lock chamber at Wilson Locks and Dam closed for additional inspections and possible emergency repairs after divers discovered cracking September 25 in the lock gates on both the… Read More
