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Tennessee River

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

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. Read More

Corps Announces Intermittent Lock Closures

March 24, 2021

The Corps of Engineers has announced intermittent lock closures at Barkley, Cheatham and Chickamauga dams. Barkley Barkley Lock, at Cumberland River Mile 30.6 in Grand Rivers, Ky.,… Read More

Hughes Expands Midstream Service New Red Rover skiff has longer range, allowing a towboat to keep moving while being serviced.

Hughes Expands Midstream Service

March 1, 2021

Hughes Heating & Cooling, Memphis, Tenn., has expanded its midstream heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration service beyond its traditional area of service between Vicksburg, Miss., and Cape Girardeau,… Read More

Chief Of Engineers Tours Chickamauga Project Cory Richardson, Chickamauga lockmaster, leads Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th chief of engineers, on a tour of Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River on February 3. The lock has experienced structural problems and is not large enough to accommodate modern tow sizes, resulting in longer than normal tow-processing times. The Corps is building a larger replacement lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Chief Of Engineers Tours Chickamauga Project

February 22, 2021

Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visited the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on February 3 to meet with project managers and engineers… Read More

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