Nashville District News

Community commemorates, dedicates Dale Hollow Dam on 75th Anniversary

Lee Roberts — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

CELINA, Tenn. (Oct. 19, 2018) – As a heavy fog lifted over Dale Hollow Dam and Reservoir during the 75th Anniversary Commemoration this morning, members of the community and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials brought into clear focus how communities, homes and farmlands were given up in the early 1940s to make way for the reservoir, and more than a thousand men worked day and night to construct the dam. A few even lost their lives supporting an expedited construction program.

Corps team navigates Cumberland River to celebrate Districts’ 130th Anniversary

Mark Rankin — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:00:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 16, 2018) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees, family members and retirees participated in a canoe, kayak, and boat voyage down the Cumberland River in celebration of the district’s 130th Anniversary.

Nashville District celebrates its history, commits to future workforce readiness

Lee Roberts — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 04:00:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District celebrated its storied history and significant milestones of service to the region today at the 130th Anniversary Ball. Officials also committed to future workforce readiness, praising the past and present commitment of its employees, the organization’s greatest resource.

Nashville District digs historic role building new passageway

Lee Roberts — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:58:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 27, 2015) – If you dig history, you’ll love how engineers excavated nearly 100-million dump truck loads of soil to connect the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers, opening a new passageway to the Gulf of Mexico in 1985.

Region recognizes J. Percy Priest project on its 50th birthday

Lee Roberts — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 04:00:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 29, 2018) – Community leaders and citizens celebrated the 50th Anniversary of J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir today, acknowledging the project’s positive impact on the region since President Lyndon B. Johnson dedicated it as a perfect example of the new conservation 50 years ago.

Nashville District tames Cumberland River with the 'Old Locks'

Lee Roberts — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 19:03:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2018) – Using wood coffer dams, primitive hand tools, A-frames and even animals to haul in supplies and stone blocks on tracks from nearby rock quarries, Army engineers constructed 15 navigation locks in the late 1800s and early 1900s to tame the Cumberland River for steamboats moving people and commerce throughout the region a century ago.

Nashville District celebrating its 130th Anniversary in 2018

Lee Roberts — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 22:17:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2018. The Nashville District formed from the Chattanooga District to construct a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. Army Special Order 191 created the district Aug. 18, 1888, and Lt. Col. John W. Barlow took command.

Tennessee Crossroads to feature Dale Hollow Dam’s story

Dale Hollow Lake Staff — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 14:42:00 GMT

CELINA, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2017) – Where do you go when you want to learn about the unique and exiting places in Tennessee? Well the Tennessee Crossroads television program of course! And where does the Tennessee Crossroads staff go to learn about sustainable power and endless recreational opportunities? No place other than here at Dale Hollow Dam and Lake!

Barkley Dam brought hope to region 50 years ago

Lee Roberts — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 04:00:00 GMT

GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2016) – Barkley Dam, a symbol of progress in western Kentucky, turned 50 today with fanfare, remembrances and special tributes during a commemoration ceremony at the Badgett Playhouse Theater and reception at the community center.

Dale Hollow Lake photo of ‘town that drowned’ goes viral on Facebook

Lee Roberts — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 22:03:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 25, 2016) – A photo with an aerial view of an old school house foundation visible on the bottom of Dale Hollow Lake is going viral on the lake’s Facebook page. It shows the only remaining remnant of the town of Willow Grove, known as the “town that drowned,” which can be seen through the pristine water when the lake elevation is low.

Imagery of 1939 flood on USACE Digital Library

Lee Roberts — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:46:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 6, 2015) – An old photo album with historical imagery from the February 1939 flood of the Cumberland River Basin is now available to the public on the Internet in the USACE Digital Library.

Center Hill historical marker dedicated

Lee Roberts — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:00:00 GMT

LANCASTER, Tenn. (Oct. 27, 2015) – Local community leaders and Corps officials dedicated a new Tennessee state historical marker today that highlights the technical significance of Center Hill Dam and Powerhouse and the project’s authorized purposes, which include recreation, hydropower, and flood risk reduction.

Museum dedicated to transportation of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

Lee Roberts — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 05:00:00 GMT

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Feb. 6, 2015) – Thirty years after the dedication of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, officials cut another ribbon today dedicating a museum that provides education outreach and features the value of transportation within the historical inland passageway built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1972 to 1984.

Restoring American Bald Eagle to upper Cumberland region a tall tale

Lee Roberts — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:57:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 22, 2014) – Nurturing baby American Bald Eagles in a man-made crib atop a 23-foot tower seems like a tall tale, but that is exactly how biologists carried out a conservation plan in the late 1980s to restore the nation’s symbol to the upper Cumberland region.

Nashville District showcasing historical maps from 1800s

Lee Roberts — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:12:00 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2014) – An 1874 military map of Middle Tennessee and 1888 map of Muscle Shoals were recently restored and replicas of them are now being showcased in the Barlow Conference Room located at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

Retired lock operator recalls rich history of navigation at Hales Bar

Fred Tucker — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:36:00 GMT

JASPER, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2014) — The decommissioned Hales Bar Navigation Lock is crumbling and in an obvious state of disrepair, but remains a historical landmark here on the bank of the Tennessee River for all boat captains who pass by it. A retired lock operator who served there a half a century ago visited recently to recall the days of old when the project operated in pristine condition and it was his job to lock through vessels delivering commerce up and down the waterway.