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  • December

    The Weather Channel National News Correspondent Justin Michaels interviews Anthony Rodino, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, from Old Hickory Dam at Cumberland River mile 216.2 as the dam discharges water at a rate of 102,000 cubic feet per second Feb. 27, 2019 in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Rodino is featured in a new educational video that highlights how the Nashville District manages water in the Cumberland River Basin. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Video highlights water management in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 10, 2020) – The public is invited to watch a newly released video that highlights how water is managed in the Cumberland River Basin in support of flood risk management, commercial navigation, hydropower production, water supply, environmental stewardship, and recreational opportunities.

  • June

    (USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Corps employees take the helm to improve motor boating skills

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June, 23, 2018 – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees attended a four-day Motorboat Operator’s Course and water safety refresher class participants came from Cordell Hull, Center Hill, Old Hickory, Cheatham, Lake Cumberland, Laurel, and J. Percy lakes at the J. Percy Lake shop conference room.

  • November

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    Marcum named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 21, 2017) – Joshua Marcum, Power Plant Mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Power Plant in Ashland City, Tenn., is the employee of the month for September 2017.

  • September

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is passing water through Cheatham Dam on the Cumberland River in Ashland City, Tenn., at a rate exceeding 90,000 cubic feet per second. Six to nine inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey fell into the Cumberland River watershed and is flowing into Cheatham Lake in Tennessee and Barkley Lake in Kentucky. Cheatham Lock is closed because of the strong currents flowing through the dam. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Water managers passing Harvey runoff through Cheatham, Barkley pools

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Sept. 1, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is working this morning to manage runoff from last night’s heavy rainfall from remnants of Hurricane Harvey down the Cumberland River through Cheatham Dam in Ashland City, Tenn., and Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Ky.

  • August

    J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tenn., is spilling Aug. 31, 2017 to recover additional storage capacity as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey approaches the region. (USACE Photo by Amber Jones)

    Nashville District prepares for remnants of Hurricane Harvey

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Aug. 31, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is preparing for heavy rainfall in areas of the lower Cumberland River Basin from remnants of Hurricane Harvey, and is managing the release of water from dams throughout the Cumberland Basin to reduce flood risk.

  • November

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (Nov. 19, 2015) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District celebrated the opening of the resource manager’s office and the lock master’s offices at Cheatham Dam today nearly five years after the May 2010 flood damaged the office space, lock master’s facility and supply buildings.

    Cheatham Lake resource manager’s office celebrates open house

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (Nov. 12, 2015) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District celebrated the opening of the resource manager’s office and the lock master’s offices at Cheatham Dam today nearly five years after the May 2010 flood damaged the office space, lock master’s facility and supply buildings.

  • October

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to members of a spillway gate bulkhead repair team at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15, 2015. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence. Cheatham Dam is located in Ashland City, Tenn. From Left to Right are Terry Hudgins, Josh Marcum, Murphy, Larry Myers, Chris Sherek and Ramiro Santoyo.

    Cheatham repair team receives Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 15, 2015) – A repair team at Cheatham Dam received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of the team’s work to repair the dam’s spillway bulkheads in preparation for a $9.2 million spillway gate repair contract.

  • April

    Students from the Putnam County School System wear BOAT US Foundation Life jackets to illustrate the importance of water safety in Cookeville, Tenn.

    Loaner life jackets help save lives at Dale Hollow Lake

    CELINA, Tenn. (April 2, 2015) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers and staff at Dale Hollow Lake are continuing to help keep kids and adults safe while recreating at area lakes and on the water by participating in the Boat US Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program for kids!

  • June

    Jeff Hunt a construction worker with Dakota Meyer Enterprises Inc., spreads and smooths dirt with a back hoe tractor to cover a waterline project at the Cheatham Lock and Dam June 16, 2014.

    Construction of new waterline nears completion at Cheatham Lock and Dam

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 16, 2014) – Construction on a project to replace the main water supply line to the Cheatham Lock and Dam facilities is near completion.
  • (Left to right) Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Larry Nash, Cheatham Lake resource manager; Cheatham County Mayor David McCullough; and Billie Boyd, Cheatham lockmaster; break ground for the new Resource Manager's Office and Lock Operations Center at Cheatham Lake June 18, 2012. (USACE photo by Michael Rivera)

    Nashville District breaks ground on Cheatham buildings destroyed in May 2010 flood

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 18, 2012) – Flood waters in May 2010 submerged the lock operations center and resource manager’s office at Cheatham Dam, forcing personnel to flee. When the water receded, buildings were uninhabitable, and the staff moved into trailers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District continued the recovery today, breaking ground on the construction of new facilities.

  • May

    Combat engineers of Fort Campbell’s 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, pause for a photo during a tour of Cheatham Lock, Dam, Power Plant and Recreational facilities May 9, 2012 to learn more about the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers “civilian missions.” Lt. Col. Pat Kinsman, commander is at left in front row. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Fort Campbell combat engineers learn Nashville District’s ‘civilian missions’

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (May 9, 2012) – Combat engineers of Fort Campbell’s 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, adept at mine-clearing, demolition, and construction projects in a combat environment, visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today to learn more about Corps “civilian missions” as part of their professional development.