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  • June

    This boy and father celebrate catching a fish during the Cheatham Lake Annual Fishing Rodeo in Ashland City, Tenn., June 16, 2018.

    Kids catch interest in outdoors, environment at fishing rodeo

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 16, 2018) – Kids caught fish and an interest in the outdoors and environment today during the Cheatham Lake Annual Fishing Rodeo.

  • May

    Cheatham Lake park rangers pose with fourth graders at West Cheatham Elementary School May 22, 2018 on Environmental Awareness Day. The kids are holding their "Every Kid in a Park" passes that entitles them and their families free access to hundreds of public parks, lands, and waters for an entire year. (Photo by Jessica Church)

    Cheatham Lake park rangers engage students on environmental awareness

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (May 31, 2018) – Cheatham Lake park rangers engaged students at West Cheatham Elementary School Gymnasium May 22 for Environmental Awareness Day.

  • 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.

  • May

    Montgomery Bell State Park Ranger Tim Wheatley shows and tells about the Great Horned Owl during the Cheatham Lake Environmental Awareness Day May 2, 2013 at Cheatham Lake in Ashland City, Tenn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District organized the event where students from West Cheatham Elementary School learned about various environmental topics in an outdoors setting.

    Outdoor education STEMs into great learning opportunity

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (May 2, 2013) – Students from West Cheatham Elementary School participated in Environmental Awareness Day at Cheatham Lake today and the outdoor setting provided a unique learning opportunity away from their classrooms.

  • December

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, administers the Oath of Office to newly promoted Capt. Corey. T. Wolff Dec. 7, 2012. A native of Chatham, Ohio, Wolff is a 2009 West Point graduate, combat veteran of Afghanistan, and presently serves as project officer and quality assurance representative on the Cheatham Lock and Resource Management buildings contract in Ashland City, Tenn.

    Cheatham project manager promoted to captain

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 7, 2012) — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, district commander, promoted Army 1st Lt. Corey T. Wolff to the rank of captain today.

  • November

    Terry Farrow, electrician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welds a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. The lock is scheduled to reopen at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major maintenance repairs

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2012) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock 6 p.m., today following a one-month closure for major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.

  • October

    Congressman Diane Black of Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District is dwarfed by one of four 1940 vintage, 12-by 12-foot culvert valves replaced this summer at the existing Kentucky Lock. Black received informational briefings on Nashville District lock operations and the new Kentucky Lock Addition Project during her Oct. 29, 2012 visit with Ingram Barge representatives. Her district includes or touches Nashville District’s Center Hill, Cordell Hull, Dale Hollow, Old Hickory, J. Percy Priest and Cheatham Lakes. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Congressman Diane Black visits Kentucky Lock, Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Oct. 29, 2012) – Congressman Diane Black of Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District received informational briefings on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s lock operations and the Kentucky Lock Addition Project during a Oct. 29, 2012 visit with Ingram Barge representatives.

  • August

    Park Ranger Brian Mangrum is the June 2012 co-employee of the month for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (Courtesy Photo)

    Nashville District announces employees of the month for June 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2012) – Park Rangers Brian Mangrum and Charlotte Stenger are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employees of the Month for June 2012.

  • June

    (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.
  • 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.