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
Wilson Lock
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
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
Thanksgiving Day is a uniquely American tradition that many other countries admire. This Thanksgiving season, we in the inland maritime community—and the communities scattered along our waterways—have a lot to… 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… 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… Read More
It’s been two years since a floating guidewall at Wilson Lock and Dam on the Tennessee River system was sunk in 80 feet of water by Hurricane Ida,… Read More
Tows are waiting an average of 13 to 15 hours to begin locking through Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River, more than two years after remnants of a… Read More
Projected timeline extensions and cost overruns on major construction and rehabilitation projects and the need for ongoing funding to replace aging infrastructure were some of the topics discussed at… Read More
Beginning May 1, recreational vessels navigating the Tennessee River through Wilson Lock will only have passage three times during daylight hours until September 5. Following the conclusion… Read More
