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  • August

    Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), Tennessee District 3, walks through the grit, grime and pools of water inside the dewatered Chickamauga Lock Aug. 3, 2016 during a visit to see firsthand the condition of the lock while U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District personnel repair the components, valves and gates that deteriorate under the 11 million gallons of water the lock holds.

    Congressman gets close look at dewatered Chickamauga Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 8, 2016) – The congressman serving Tennessee District 3 who serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and the Energy and Water Subcommittee donned a pair of rubber boots Aug. 3 to get a close look at the dewatered Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn.

  • July

    Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Right) and Ty Melton get into position to inspect and repair the downstream miter gate July 20, 2016 at Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bailey is from the Cumberland River Operations Center at Old Hickory, Tenn., and Melton is from the Tennessee River Operations Center at Florence, Ala.

    Maintenance team repairs dewatered Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (July 20, 2016) – Chickamauga Lock is empty and closed to navigation while maintenance crews inspect and make repairs to the miter gates, valves, bushings and other components normally submerged under more than 11 million gallons of water.

  • June

    Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, receives a briefing from Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority leadership at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tenn., June 7, 2016.

    Semonite visits high visibility construction projects, says it’s time to ‘finish strong’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 7, 2016) – In only his third week on the job the nation’s chief of engineers visited three high visibility construction projects today to meet employees and garner the very latest updates from project managers and team members.

  • April

    Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3, addresses the media about the cofferdam stabilization project and the restart of work on the new Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 25, 2016. Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, also made comments about the status of the project.

    Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project work restarts

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 25, 2016) – The Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project restarted today with official fanfare as a $3.1 million cofferdam stabilization project got underway.

  • August

    The Motor Vessel Mississippi arrives with a group of stakeholders at Cheatham Lock and Dam in Ashland City, Tenn., Aug. 12, 2015. The stakeholders were onboard to interact with the Mississippi River Commission in the process of conducting a low water inspection of the Cumberland River.

    Mississippi River Commission gains fresh perspective of Tennessee, Cumberland Rivers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 14, 2015) – The Mississippi River Commission recently navigated the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to gain a fresh perspective for the development of plans to improve the condition of the Mississippi River Basin, foster navigation, promote commerce, and reduce flood risk.

  • November

    Lock and Dam Mechanic Craig Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Tennessee Operations Center, welds a pull rod while repairing the upper gate anchorage at Chickamauga Lock Oct. 30, 2014.

    Agencies team up to reopen Chickamauga Lock

    HIXSON, Tenn. (Nov. 7, 2014) – Teamwork and a valuable dialogue between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority led to a quick repair action that reopened Chickamauga Lock this week to commercial barges and recreational vessels moving up and down the Tennessee River.

  • October

    Work crews assessed damage Oct. 31, 2014 on the upper gate anchorage at Chickamauga Lock. After a brief meeting with engineers, staff and several Tennessee Valley Authority officials, Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander gave the approval to reopen Chickamauga Lock to all navigation traffic as early as Thursday, Nov. 6.

    Corps assessment reopens Chickamauga Lock at the end of next week

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Oct. 31, 2014) – Work crews assessed damage at Chickamauga Lock and plan to reopen Chickamauga Lock to all navigation traffic next week.
  • The Pinta, a larger version of the archetypal caravel that Columbus used on his voyages to the new world and offers walk-aboard tours, transits Chickamauga Lock Oct. 20, 2013 after a 10-day visit to Chattanooga, Tenn. The Pinta and her sister ship, Nina, are navigating up the Tennessee River via the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s navigation locks with visits to Lenoir City and Knoxville before heading downstream for stops in Alabama and Mississippi. For additional information on these floating museums, go to http://thenina.com/.

    Columbus’ replica ships Nina, Pinta transit aging Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Oct. 22, 2013) -- Out of the darkness on Sunday evening, Oct. 20, 2013, what appeared to be two 500-plus year-old vessels quietly and slowly approached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Chickamauga Lock.

  • August

    Professor P.V. Vijay, West Virginia University, mixes primer that divers will apply prior to installing an experimental Fiber Reinforced Polymer composite wrap underwater on a deteriorated discharge port at the 73-year-old Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn. Observing in background from left are divers Chris Clabough and Brandon Kennedy (hidden behind Clabough); Bernie Schulte, Nashville District Design Branch engineer, and Britt Henderson, civil engineer (hidden by Vijay). Forty days after the Aquawrap was installed and had endured 404 lockages, Nashville District diver Keith Holley reported Aug. 28, 2013 that, “The material and installation condition looks the same as the day it was put in.” Divers will inspect the Aquawrap periodically to monitor its durability. (USACE photo by Doug DeLong)

    Nashville District works with partners on engineering solutions at Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is collaborating with industry, West Virginia University, Engineering Research and Development Center and Tennessee Valley Authority to find a better solution to unacceptable deterioration around Chickamauga Lock’s discharge ports that cannot be dewatered.

  • May

    This aerial photo of the Kentucky Lock Addition project taken April 26, 2013 in Grand Rivers, Ky., shows construction of a new 1200-foot lock landward of the existing 600-foot lock and the relocated highway and railroad bridges downstream of the dam. The upstream-bound split barge tow will be able to lock through as a single tow when the new lock is completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority. (USACE Photo)

    USACE-TVA 80-year partnership a definite plus for Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 17, 2013) -- Although creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority by Congressional Act on May 18, 1933 relieved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of most of its role in developing the economic potential of the Tennessee River and its tributaries, the Corps retained a development and operational role on the Cumberland River and its tributaries.

  • April

    Congressional staff members stand below a Chickamauga Lock sign during their April 3, 2013 visit to the deteriorating, 73-year-old, TVA-owned and Corps-operated and maintained Chattanooga facility. From left are: Lt. Col. James A DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Jason O’Rouke, (Rep. Doug Collins, Georgia District 9); Dayne Cutrell, (Rep. Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee District 4); Meyer Seligman, (Rep. Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi District 1); Ben Portis, Tennessee Valley Authority; Brittany Hernandez, (Rep. Steve Cohen, Tennessee District 9); Daniel Tidwell, (Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama District 4); Bevin Wilkinson, (Sen. Roger Wicker, Ala.); John Shea, (Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3); Rob Strayer, (Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee); Nick Pearson, TVA; Jason Lawrence, (Rep. Tom Graves, Georgia District 14); and Jamie James, Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement project.

    Congressional staff members visit deteriorating Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 3, 2013) – Nine Congressional staff members from the Tennessee Valley visited the Chickamauga Lock Construction project today to receive a briefing and tour as part of their TVA-sponsored orientation to Tennessee River operations.

  • February

    Valerie McCormack and Mark Vaughan install coir fiber wattle, a circular mesh that runs across the entire embankment, while doing work on the river stabilization project at Moccasin Bend in Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 27, 2013. A total of 1,500 feet is being installed to mitigate erosion on the embankment. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Corps employees save tax dollars at Moccasin Bend

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 27, 2013) – A bank stabilization project on a 1,500-foot stretch along the Tennessee River at Moccasin Bend is nearing completion, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees are saving taxpayer dollars in the process.

  • January

    Mike Arles, quality assurance representative on the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project checks one of the pre-cast concrete sections of an approach wall beam Jan. 31, 2013 at Watts Bar Dam, Decatur, Tenn. The beams are being assembled and stored at Watts Bar for placement in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project when required for construction. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    300-ton Chickamauga Lock approach wall beams being assembled at Watts Bar

    SPRING CITY, Tenn., (Jan. 31, 2013) – Precast concrete sections for 42 lock approach wall beams destined for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project were recently delivered by barge to Watts Bar where they will be assembled

  • March

    Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), representative of the 3rd District of Tennessee, and Congressman Bill Shuster, representative of the 9th District of Pennsylvania, answer media questions during a tour of Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23, 2012. Fleischmann invited Shuster, chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials of the House and Infrastructure Committee, to tour the construction site of a new lock that is currently not appropriated for completion.

    Congressmen favor opening funding flow for Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March 23, 2012) – An unfunded and stalled project to replace the crumbling Chickamauga Lock received noteworthy Congressional attention today and it included an expressed interest in opening up a funding flow.

  • January

    Col. Margaret W. Burcham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander,receives a briefing from Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, Nashville District commander, and other project experts on site at the coffer dam at Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12, 2012. (USACE photo by David Wheeler)

    Division commander leaves Music City in tune with Nashville District’s ‘people’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio River Division commander visited Music City for the first time this week, and then left more in tune with Nashville District’s “people.”