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  • August

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor partner Johnson Brothers put a 1.3 million pound concrete shell into position Aug. 6, 2018 on the riverbed on downstream end of Kentucky Lock where it will be part of a coffer dam and eventually a permanent part of the new lock wall for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project. It is the first of 10 shells that will be placed over the next year. The lock is located at Kentucky Dam, which is a Tennessee Valley Authority project at Tennessee River mile 22.4. (USACE Photo by Mark Rankin)

    Heavy concrete shell placement at Kentucky Lock not taken lightly

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 9, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District successfully placed the first 1.3 million pound concrete shell on the riverbed Aug. 6 that will be part of the downstream cofferdam and the permanent lock wall for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project.
  • Undersecretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy (Left) presents the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Program Team Excellence Award in the Non-Enterprise, Non-Gated Level July 25, 2018 to Ashley Klimaszewski, supervisory real estate specialist with the Louisville District (formerly with the Nashville District – Second from Left), and Kathryn Wall, Nashville District Real Estate Division realty specialist, during the 2017 Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards Program Ceremony in the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington Va. Dr. Charles Brandon, director of the Office of Business Transformation, joined McCarthy for the presentation. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandy N. Mejia)

    Shoreline SharePoint team earns process improvement award

    WASHINGTON (Aug. 2, 2018) – The team that developed Shoreline SharePoint, an online resource to electronically file license applications, received the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Program Team Excellence Award in the Non-Enterprise, Non-Gated Level during a ceremony at the Pentagon July 25.

  • July

    This is an aerial view of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway under construction Sept. 12, 1981. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the northern 29 miles of the project, including the massive 27-mile divide cut, which connected the waterway with Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District digs historic role building new passageway

    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.

  • June

    Harriett Priest, daughter of the late Congressman J. Percy Priest, and Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, unveil a commemorative plaque during the 50th Anniversary of J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir at the dam in Nashville, Tenn., June 29, 2018. (USACE Photo by Mark Rankin)

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

    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.
  • Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, encourages 36 participants of the Hydropower Acquisition Course June 19, 2018 at Tennessee State University’s Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn., to network and freely share expertise. The purpose of the course is to synchronize best practices and work on improving how the Corps of Engineers executes a hydropower project from cradle to grave. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Corps employees get current on hydropower acquisition

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 22, 2018) – Corps employees from across the country met in Music City this week to get current on hydropower acquisition.
  • Employees at Old Hickory Hydropower Plant take part in a simulated exercise to extract a training dummy from a confined space during a Confined Space and Confined Space Rescue Course June 14, 2018 in Hendersonville, Tenn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District trained 32 employees to lead the in-house training in March 2017, which will benefit more than 200 employees across the district who require the annual training. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    District dangles training dummy to get smart on confined space safety

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (June 14, 2018) – Instructors dangled a training dummy deep inside the Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant today making it possible for 19 employees to get smart on safety procedures and emergency rescue operations in confined spaces.
  • Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the 2018 Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award to Retiree Bob Sneed, former Water Management Section chief, during an award ceremony June 8, 2018 during the Engineer Day Picnic at Smiley Hollow in Ridgetop, Tenn. Sneed retired in 2016 following 36 years of federal service as a water manager in the Nashville District. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Retiree Bob Sneed receives Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award

    RIDGETOP, Tenn. (June 8 2018) – The retired water manager best known for overseeing water releases during the May 2010 flood of the Cumberland River received the Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award today during the Engineer Day Picnic at Smiley Hollow.

  • May

    Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, leads Vice Adm. Charles Ray, U.S. Coast Guard deputy commandant for Operations, on a tour of Chickamauga Lock May 4, 2018 at Tennessee River mile 471 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Ray is the incoming assistant commandant of the Coast Guard. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Coast Guard admiral tours Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (May 4, 2018) – The U.S. Coast Guard’s incoming assistant commandant toured Chickamauga Lock today to see where physical expansion of concrete causes structural deficiencies, and observe how ongoing excavation of the riverbed is making way for construction of a new navigation lock to improve access to the upper reaches of the Tennessee River Basin.

  • March

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees pose with their children at Old Hickory Dam during a tour March 30, 2018 during "Bring Your Kids to Work Day." A total of 36 kids joined their parents for a tour of the dam, lock and power plant. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Employees engineer ‘fun’ learning activities for ‘Bring Your Kids to Work Day’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 30, 2018) – Some very accomplished employees in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently engineered “fun” learning activities for “Bring Your Kids to Work Day.”
  • Pat Kopf (Right), chief finance officer with V.F. Workwear, and Keith Steward, vice president of customer relations with VF Solutions, install traction strips on wood steps at a campsite while volunteering for an early Earth Day clean-up event March 22, 2018 at Seven Points Campground on the shoreline of J. Percy Priest Lake in Hermitage, Tenn. Sixty VF Solutions employees partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to spruce up the popular campground ahead of the 2018 recreation season. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Volunteers paint Seven Points Campground for Earth Day

    HERMITAGE, Tenn. (March 22, 2018) – Equipped with spray paint, brushes and rollers, 60 volunteers applied a fresh coat of color today to recondition Seven Points Campground on the shoreline of J. Percy Priest Lake.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, meets with Christopher Ballard, vice president of operations for Simms Building Group, and Endia Javon, administrative assistant and project administrator for Simms Building Group, during the Business Opportunities Open House, also known as "BOOH," at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., March 15, 2018. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Business Opportunities Open House provides access to the Corps

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 15, 2017) – Business leaders met with Corps of Engineers officials at Tennessee State University today for the Business Opportunities Open House, commonly referred to as the “BOOH” event.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Cullen Jones, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, welcomes Corps employees and state emergency managers present for a water management tabletop exercise Feb. 27, 2018 at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District holds high water tabletop exercise

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 27, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Crisis Management Team held a water management tabletop exercise today to walk through a simulated high-water event within the Cumberland River Basin in Middle Tennessee.
  • Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to a team credited with ensuring a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tenn., finished on time and $5 million under budget. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. Those present at the presentation are (Left to Right) Barry Cunningham, Isaac Taylor, Bonnie Jagoditz, Jason Phillips, Jacqueline Huff, Joe Duncan, Brian Whitus, and Jones. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Oak Ridge project team earns Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2017) – A team of employees received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of efforts that ensured a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy finished on time and $5 million under budget.
  • Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., is shown under construction Nov. 18, 1893. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District constructed the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. This lock and dam was replaced by today's modern dam system. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District tames Cumberland River with the 'Old Locks'

    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.
  • Tony Bivens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Middle Tennessee Area manager, leads first responders across the upper gates at Old Hickory Lock in Old Hickory, Tenn., during First Responders Day Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District hosts ‘First Responders Day’ at Old Hickory Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2018) – What would happen if a towboat and barge were commandeered and its hijackers threatened public safety while inside a Corps of Engineers navigation lock? First responders wrestled with this potential scenario during a tabletop exercise at Old Hickory Dam today.

  • January

    Bryan McCarter, vice mayor of Sevierville, Tenn., welcomes members of Tennessee Silver Jackets to the city's emergency management center Jan. 25, 2018. The Silver Jackets team received a briefing on the wildfires that moved through Sevier County and city of Gatlinburg in November 2016. Silver Jackets is an innovative partnership where local, state and federal agencies facilitate flood risk reduction, coordinates programs, promotes cohesive solutions, synchronizes plans and policies, and ultimately provides integrated solutions. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Silver Jackets team learns about Gatlinburg wildfires

    SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2018) – More than a year after deadly wildfires ravaged Gatlinburg and Sevier County, Tennessee, the state’s Silver Jackets team is grappling with the catastrophe in hopes of saving lives and properties as emergency managers plan for future disasters.
  • Dewayne Ponds, project geologist for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2017. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Ponds named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2017) – Dewayne Ponds, project geologist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tenn., is the employee of the month for November 2017.
  • Construction is ongoing at Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1891. The view shows the stone blocks for the walls looking downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. The old locks and dams were replaced by today's modern dams. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District celebrating its 130th Anniversary in 2018

    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.

  • December

    Lacey Thomasson (Standing), Silver Jackets coordinator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, briefs leadership from the Nashville District, Memphis District, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and Tennessee National Guard during a partnering meeting at TEMA Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 19, 2017. (Photo by Matthew Starling)

    Memphis, Nashville districts hold partnering meeting for Tennessee

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 19, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis and Nashville districts held a partnering meeting today to build a stronger relationship leading to better service for the state of Tennessee.
  • Don Getty, project manager for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, describes lock wall and valve operations to Col. Paul Kremer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division acting commander, during a visit inside the project Dec. 6, 2017 in Grand Rivers, Ky. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Kremer builds strong understanding of Nashville District construction projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 8, 2017) – The acting commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division received briefings and updates at Nashville District construction sites this week to build a strong understanding of the projects.