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Watts Bar Lock Preventive Maintenance Completed The Nashville Engineer District’s maintenance support team works to repair the needle-dam-girder beam slot at Watts Bar Lock. (Photos courtesy of Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Watts Bar Lock Preventive Maintenance Completed

February 3, 2023

The Nashville Engineer District’s maintenance support team, on board the mv. Iroquois, recently made repairs to the Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River. The work, which… Read More

Captain’s Donation Funds University’s Aquatic Research

November 6, 2022

A retired merchant marine captain is helping to ensure the future of a university’s studies along the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake through a recent $500,000 donation. Capt. Read More

Daylight Closures Planned At Kentucky Lock A downbound tow locks empty chemical barges through the Kentucky Lock on August 12. (Photo courtesy of Lockmaster Caleb Skinner)

Daylight Closures Planned At Kentucky Lock

September 2, 2022

A broken stem on one of two emptying valves at Kentucky Lock will require a closure during daylight hours beginning September 6. The closure at the lock, Tennessee… Read More

Kentucky Lock Reopens Following Barge Sinking In Chamber Crews work to lighter a barge loaded with rock that sank in Kentucky Lock. (Photo by Heather King, Nashville Engineer District)

Kentucky Lock Reopens Following Barge Sinking In Chamber

June 17, 2022

Kentucky Lock at Mile 22.4 on the Tennessee River reopened at 6 p.m. June 15 after being closed since June 11 when a barge sank in the chamber. Read More

Crack Forces Dewatering Of Pickwick Main Chamber

June 14, 2022

The main chamber at Pickwick Locks and Dam, Tennessee River Mile 206.7, is closed because of a crack in the bottom of a gate that is allowing water to… Read More

Kentucky Lock Closes Following Barge Sinking In Chamber A barge carrying gravel sank June 11, 2022, in the chamber of Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. The Nashville Engineer District is working with Terral River Service to refloat the barge June 14. (Corps photo by Caleb Skinner)

Kentucky Lock Closes Following Barge Sinking In Chamber

June 13, 2022

Kentucky Lock at Mile 22.4 on the Tennessee River closed June 11 after a barge sank in the chamber. Salvage operations were expected to begin at 9 a.m. June… Read More

Wilson Dewatering, Closure Allows Preventive Maintenance Locks and Rivers Division civil engineer Jeff Ross, chief, Light Fleet, Jeff Neely and Wilson Lock Lockmaster Clay Askew evaluate the floor of the main lock chamber of Wilson Lock on April 7. (Photo by Heather King/Nashville Engineer District)

Wilson Dewatering, Closure Allows Preventive Maintenance

April 19, 2022

By Heather R. King Nashville Engineer District Work crews recently drained more than 15 million gallons of water from Wilson Lock, Tennessee River Mile 259.4, to provide… Read More

Repairs To Close Kentucky Lock For More Than Three Weeks A crew makes repairs on one of the damaged upper miter gates at Kentucky Lock late last year. A second closure is scheduled to repair the other gate January 31-February 24. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Repairs To Close Kentucky Lock For More Than Three Weeks

January 28, 2022

Kentucky Lock will be closed January 31-February 24 to make repairs from where a tow ran into and damaged the upper miter gates in October. “When the tow… 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. Read More

Tennessee Wildlife Federation Calls For Action On TVA Asian Carp Barrier Proposal

August 4, 2021

The Tennessee Wildlife Federation (TWF) is asking people to submit public comments in support of the construction of barriers to invasive Asian carp in the Tennessee River system. Read More

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