25 Apr 2016

Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project work restarts

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 25, 2016) – The Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project restarted today with official fanfare as a $3.1 million cofferdam stabilization project got underway.

31 Jul 2015

15-047 Little Goose lock resumes normal service to boaters, shippers

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- Little Goose Dam’s navigation lock returned to summer-schedule service at 4:30 p.m. yesterday after repairs to the downstream gate controls were completed. Little Goose Lock & Dam is located at river mile 70.3.

24 Jul 2015

New pilings at Canaveral Lock a win-win

The new pilings being driven into place at the Canaveral Lock are a win-win. Not only are they more environmentally friendly than traditional pilings, but they are expected to last longer and save money in the end.

20 May 2015

Corps of Engineers dewaters Wilson Lock for maintenance operations

FLORENCE, Ala. (May 20, 2015) – The Wilson Navigational Lock is dry for five weeks while maintenance crews dewater, inspect and repair underwater components.

20 Nov 2014

Mother Nature closes another navigation season on the Upper Mississippi River

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, locked the last tow of the season for the St. Paul, Minn., area today, Nov. 20, because ice conditions on the Mississippi River are becoming difficult for vessels to navigate.

27 Jun 2014

NR-14-019: Old Hickory Lock navigation info provided for Independence Day

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2014) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is reminding all boaters that the operating hours at Old Hickory Lock on Independence Day is from 6 a.m. July 4 till 2 a.m. July 5.

5 May 2014

Summer recreational vessel lockage schedule begins May 15

May 15 marks the start of the summer schedule for recreational boaters using navigation locks to travel past U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers.

6 Mar 2014

Prep student shadows Nashville District engineers for STEM experience

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 6, 2014) –A sophomore student from Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tenn., participated in a engineer shadow program today with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Engineering Branch and shadowed Nashville District engineers.

17 Oct 2013

Corps reopens campgrounds, day use parks along Okeechobee Waterway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District has reopened all of the campgrounds and day-use parks along the Okeechobee Waterway, after the government shutdown forced them to close down temporarily on Oct. 9.

10 Oct 2013

Great Bridge Locks closed due to tidal waters

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., due to higher than normal tidal waters infiltrating the lock’s gears.