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  • June

    Kye Moss of Voith Hydro guides a 249-ton rotor during its installation into hydropower unit two at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn., June 19, 2017. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is rehabilitating the unit and expects to bring it online in late July after the completion of its assembly and load testing.

    Crew installs 249-ton hydropower rotor at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (June 19, 2017) – A work crew installed a 249-ton hydropower rotor today at Center Hill Dam, culminating weeks of safety preparations to lift and maneuver the heavy load into position to generate hydroelectricity.

  • October

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District remove the turbine runner from hydropower unit two in the power house at Center Hill Dam Oct. 7, 2015.

    Turbine lifted to rehabilitate hydropower unit at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Oct. 7, 2015) – Work crews lifted a turbine out of hydropower unit two at Center Hill Dam today, one of the final pieces of the disassembly process. It is the first time the 82-ton steel wheel has seen the light of day since its installation in 1950, a rare sight that makes it possible to inspect, rebuild embedded parts, and then reassemble the unit with new components.

  • September

    Corps employees and members of Team Cumberland pose with Old Hickory Dam and Power Plant in the background. Hendersonville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2015. Team Cumberland toured the Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., which is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Hydropower Optimization increases energy production at Corps plants

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2015) - Aging hydroelectric generating units operated by the district at Dams in Kentucky and Tennessee have gone well beyond their typical design life of 35-40 years and are in much need of rehabilitation. Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are focused on a plan to revitalize and rehabilitate the units in the next 20 years.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Bob Gallo, Voith Hydro chief executive officer, talk with technical experts from the Corps of Engineers and Voith Hydro about the disassembly of hydropower unit two during a visit to the Center Hill Dam Power House in Lancaster, Tenn., Sept. 9, 2015.

    Corps begins hydropower rehabilitation at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2015) – Disassembly of hydropower unit two is about to get underway at Center Hill Dam, which is the first of 28 units in the Cumberland River Basin to be rehabilitated as a result of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Southeastern Power Administration and power customers signed in August 2011 that provided a funding stream for the work.

  • October

    Corps of Engineers officials witness the testing of the model hydropower turbine Oct. 8, 2014 at a Voith Hydro laboratory in York, Pa., to ensure it meets required specifications before the manufacturing process and work to modernize the power house begins at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn.

    Hydropower model tests generate positive results for Center Hill rehab project

    YORK, Pa. (Oct. 10, 2014) – Corps experts witnessed a series of tests this week on a “small-scale” turbine model in a laboratory at Voith Hydro Inc. The tests were completely successful and the positive results will keep the Center Hill Hydropower Rehabilitation Project schedule on track.