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  • Corps hosts University of Tennessee Martin students at Lake Barkley

    KUTTAWA, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District employees at the Lake Barkley Resource Center, Lock and Dam hosted Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee at Martin Hydrology and Hydraulics class for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math tour today.

  • Dale Hollow Dam plugs into its own power source

    CELINA, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District electricians at Dale Hollow Dam on the Obey River are plugging into the dam’s power source as part of a sustainability program initiative.

  • Askew named District Employee of the Month for December 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Clay Askew, a lock electrician at Wilson Lock in Florence, Ala., and a previous lock electrician at Guntersville Lock in Huntsville, Ala., is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for December 2012.

  • District finds opportunity during drought, completes repair work at Minneapolis lock

    Drought isn’t all bad. Low flows on the Upper Mississippi River provided the district an opportunity

  • 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.

  • Montgomery Point Lock and Dam ensures system available during low-water conditions

    by Little Rock District Public Affairs Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Ensures System Available During Low-Water Conditions LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-- During this year’s unseasonably dry summer the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System functioned as designed ensuring a 9-foot channel for barge traffic moving through the system. Because water levels on the Mississippi River dropped so low the crest gates at Montgomery Point Lock were used this summer for the first time since 2008.

  • A first for MKARNS lock:Chouteau Lock gets new pintal ball

    by Sara Goodeyon Tulsa District Public Affairs TULSA, Okla. -- Work involving the repair of a major component of a lock along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was recently completed ahead of schedule by the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The work involved the removal and replacement of a pintal ball at Lock 17 at Chouteau, Okla., This was the first time such a repair has been performed to a lock on the MKARNS. The entire lock was emptied of water, an operation referred to as "dewatering," so that the dam gate could be lifted for the removal of the pintal.

  • Cheatham Lock closing for repairs Oct. 16 through Nov. 15

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lock will be closed to all river traffic from 6 a.m., Oct. 16, through 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012, to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.

  • Moore Haven Lock reopened to navigation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened the Moore Haven Lock to navigation after completing installation of the Manatee Protection System (MPS) July 14.