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  • September

    Corps employees and members of Team Cumberland pose with Old Hickory Dam and Power Plant in the background. Hendersonville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2015. Team Cumberland toured the Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., which is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Hydropower Optimization increases energy production at Corps plants

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2015) - Aging hydroelectric generating units operated by the district at Dams in Kentucky and Tennessee have gone well beyond their typical design life of 35-40 years and are in much need of rehabilitation. Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are focused on a plan to revitalize and rehabilitate the units in the next 20 years.

  • April

    Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee briefs the group on the operation of generating hydropower during a tour at the Old Hickory Power Plant April 23, 2015.

    Federal Utility Partnership Working Group tours Old Hickory hydropower plant

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (April 23, 2015) – Some of the country’s most powerful people visited Old Hickory Power Plant today as participants in a Federal Utility Partnership Working Group tour.

  • May

    Maj. Gen. Todd Semonite (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy chief of Engineers, transfers command of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division to Col. Steven J. Roemhildt during a change of command ceremony May 28, 2014 at the Great American Ballpark Riverfront Club in Cincinnati, Ohio. Roemhildt took command from Brig. Gen. Margaret Burcham.

    Roemhildt takes command of Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

    CINCINNATI, Ohio (May 28, 2014) – Col. Steven J. Roemhildt assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Great Lakes and Ohio River Division from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham during a ceremony here today.