Wilson Lock’s main navigational chamber could return to service as soon as June 30, more than a week ahead of the July 8 anticipated reopening. Read More
Tennessee Valley Authority
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
The opening of the main navigational lock chamber at Wilson Locks and Dam has been delayed by approximately three weeks, until early July instead of June 14. The Nashville Engineer… 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
The main navigational lock at Wilson Locks and Dam has been dewatered, and repairs remain on schedule, with the Corps of Engineers reassuring stakeholders that recent new restrictions on Government… 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
While unregulated streams and rivers caused flash flooding in the Tennessee, Cumberland and Ohio valleys in recent days, close coordination between the Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority… 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
The main chamber of Wilson Lock and Dam will not reopen until mid-June, according to the latest estimates, nine months after popping noises caused its closure September 25. Read More
Damage discovered when Wilson Lock and Dam’s main chamber was dewatered is too severe to allow navigation traffic to transit the lock between two dewaterings, which means the lock… Read More
