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  • July

    Tim Dunn, right, operations project manager for the mid-Cumberland area, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, explains why the Corps is having guided tours of the Center Hill Lake power plant during an interview with NBC News Channel 4 reporter and videographer Forrest Sanders July 21, 2012. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Center Hill Lake open house, power plant tours draw young, elderly visitors

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (July 21, 2012) – The first tours of the Center Hill Lake Power Plant since Sept. 11, 2001 drew the young and the elderly here today. Visitors ranged from an 83-year-old gentleman who worked on construction of the dam to a nine-year-old boy whose late great-grandfather’s property was reduced by approximately 100 acres, but who also worked on construction of the dam.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager Linda Adcock stands by a Bauer Foundation Corporation drill rig July 11, 2012 that made the first excavation in the earthen portion of Center Hill Dam to install a concrete barrier wall which is the main feature of the Dam Seepage Rehabilitation project. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Construction begins with ‘first bite’ on foundation barrier wall at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (July 11, 2012) – The “first bite” of a $106 million drilling project to stabilize the earthen portion of the Center Hill Dam with a barrier wall was taken today by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Bauer Foundation Corporation, as the auger of a giant drill rig turned up the first dirt to the cheers of spectators.

  • June

    Holly Boland, a budget analyst in the Resource Management office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2012. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Nashville District announces employee of the month for May 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2012) – Holly Boland, a budget analyst in the Resource Management office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2012.
  • (Left to right) Park Ranger Kayl Kite and Mark Abshire, lock master, stand with visitors above the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Barkley Lock chamber June 23, 2012. This is one of four groups that attended a Barkley open house and toured the lock and power plant. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Lake Barkley open house, tours of power plant, lock are well received

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (June 23, 2012)—The first Lake Barkley Resource Management Office Open House and public tours of the Barkley Power Plant and Navigation Lock in nearly 11 years were held today to better inform the public about the benefits these facilities provide to the nation. Public access to these U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District areas had been restricted since the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
  • Maj. Patrick Dagon (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, meets Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam at the Nashville Sounds game June 14, 2012. The major threw out the first pitch in honor of the Army's birthday. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Visitors say ‘thanks’ for free admission on Army’s 237th birthday

    Nashville, Tenn. (June 14, 2012) — Visitors to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District day use areas expressed their appreciation for free admission today, the Army’s 237th birthday.
  • Evan Sproat, 9, proudly displays the bike he won in a drawing at the Cheatham Lake Fish Bustin’ Rodeo June 9, 2012 — after being assured that the generous sporting goods store that donated the bike would let him exchange it for another color. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Cheatham fish bustin’ rodeo a success

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 9, 2012) — Excitement filled the air as more than 100 youngsters, ages 15 and below, waited eagerly with fishing rods in hand for the announcement to begin fishing at the annual Cheatham Lake Fish Bustin’ Rodeo today.

  • 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.