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  • NR 13-017: Old Hickory Lake opens its doors to tours of Old Hickory Lock, Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (May 15, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake is offering free guided public tours of the Old Hickory Lake’s Navigation Lock and Powerhouse 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday May 25, June 29, July 20, Aug. 10 and Aug. 25. The tours are approximately one hour in length.

  • NR 12-042: Corps schedules public workshop on reducing operating hours at Nickajack Navigation Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 26, 2012) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has scheduled a public workshop from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 at the Kimball Town Hall, 675 Main St., Kimball, Tenn., 37347, to discuss reducing the hours of operation at the Nickajack Navigation Lock effective Jan. 7, 2013.

  • NR 12-041: Corps schedules public workshop on reducing operating hours at Barkley Navigation Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct 16, 2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has scheduled a public workshop from 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at the Lake Barkley Resource Office conference room, 200 Barkley Dam Overlook, Grand Rivers, Ky. 42045-0218 to discuss reducing the hours of operation at the Barkley Lock effective Jan. 7, 2013.

  • NR 12-040: Corps schedules public workshop on reducing operating hours at Guntersville Navigation Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 15, 2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has scheduled a public workshop from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 at the Best Western Plus Lake Guntersville Hotel, 2140 Gunter Avenue, Guntersville, Ala. 35976-2114 to discuss reducing the hours of operation at the Guntersville Navigation Lock effective Jan. 7, 2013.

  • Nashville District announces employees of the month for June 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2012) – Park Rangers Brian Mangrum and Charlotte Stenger are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employees of the Month for June 2012.

  • 12-025: Corps offers more tours of Lake Barkley Power Plant, Lock

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 6, 2012)—The first Lake Barkley Open House and public tours of the Barkley Power Plant and Lock in nearly 11 years were held June 23, and more tours are scheduled July 21, Aug. 18 and Sep. 15, 2012 with tours beginning at 9 and 11 a.m., and 2 p.m. Public access to these U.S. Army Corps of Engineers facilities had been restricted after September 11, 2001.

  • Tennessee River locking operations keep America's economy in ship shape

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 25, 2011) – There are nine locks on the Tennessee River that the Nashville District operates, but there are four that are crucial to day-to-day commerce of the United States in Northern Alabama and Southwest Tennessee. Operators at the Pickwick, Wilson, Wheeler and Guntersville Locks move tons of cargo through their locks on a daily basis.