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  • May

    William Earnest, maintenance worker at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for March 2017.

    Earnest named Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2017) – William Earnest, maintenance worker at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for March 2017.

  • April

    Jason Foust, deputy construction manager for the grouting project at Mosul Dam, stands by the spillway gates Oct. 22, 2016 where they drew drawn down to alleviate pressure during the work. Foust has since returned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District where he is project engineer at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Ky. (Photo by Charlie Krolikowski)

    Engineering and construction trio forges goodwill on Mosul Dam projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2017) – An engineering and construction trio from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently returned home from Iraq where they helped oversee construction projects at Mosul Dam, forged goodwill with the international repair team, and even supported the military operation to retake the city of Mosul.

  • March

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces a new firewood policy is now in effect, and seeks the public’s cooperation to prevent the spread of forest insects and disease at campgrounds in the Cumberland River Basin. The new firewood policy requires visitors at the Nashville District’s recreation areas, primitive campsites and 25 campgrounds to use only firewood that has been certified as heat-treated by U.S. Department of Agriculture or state natural resource agency.

    Nashville District announces new firewood policy

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 6, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces a new firewood policy is now in effect, and seeks the public’s cooperation to prevent the spread of forest insects and disease at campgrounds in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • January

    Tony Bernard, maintenance mechanic, works at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s maintenance facilities in Somerset, Ky., Dec. 28, 2016. The district recently named Bernard employee of the month for November for his initiative and ingenuity that resulted in a partnership with the Russell County Vocational School to build a new fee collection booth and 15 picnic tables for Kendall Campground below Wolf Creek Dam at Lake Cumberland.

    Bernard named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2016

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 5, 2017) – Tony Bernard, maintenance mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for November 2016.

  • August

    Judge Shea Nickell, Kentucky Court of Appeals, presents a framed historical portrait of Vice President Alben Barkley, the namesake of Barkley Dam, to Mike Looney, Lake Barkley Resource manager, to be hung in the lake’s visitor’s center where it can be seen by future generations in memory of the vice president. The judge made the presentation during the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony Aug. 20, 2016 at the Badgett Playhouse Theater in Grand Rivers, Ky.

    Barkley Dam brought hope to region 50 years ago

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2016) – Barkley Dam, a symbol of progress in western Kentucky, turned 50 today with fanfare, remembrances and special tributes during a commemoration ceremony at the Badgett Playhouse Theater and reception at the community center.
  • Tony Ellis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Kentucky Lock Addition Project resident engineer, inspects a small vertical karstic feature in the limestone during excavation for the new lock April 12, 2012. Ellis, 53, passed away July 27, 2016. He is being lauded for his leadership and expertise that have been instrumental in the project’s success.

    Resident engineer’s legacy lives on at Kentucky Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 9, 2016) – The resident engineer for one of the Nashville District’s largest and longest projects, the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, passed away unexpectedly July 27 from natural causes, a shocking loss to the Corps of Engineers, the district, the resident and project office teams, and many, many friends, family, colleagues, and contractors who knew and served with him.

  • July

    Boy Scouts Troop 149 Scoutmaster Dave Robinson discusses how to properly raise the flags June 30, 2016 during a Boy Scouts summer camp at Kia Kima Scout Reservation in Hardy, Ark.

    Martins Fork park ranger finds merit in leading Boy Scouts

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 29, 2016) – A park ranger at Martins Fork Lake recently spent a week camping, leading, mentoring and educating Boy Scouts in the great outdoors at Kia Kima Scout Reservation, which is nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains at Hardy, Ark.

  • April

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, speaks during the Hatchery Creek Dedication in Jamestown, Ky., April 29, 2016. He talked about how the Hatchery Creek Restoration Project gave the Corps of Engineers enough top soil to cover a 40-acre disposal area filled with limestone rock, concrete and clay from the Wolf Creek Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project. The Corps spent $650,000 to excavate the soil, but used about 56,000 cubic yards of top soil excavated from the channel with savings of almost a million dollars.

    Officials celebrate completion of Hatchery Creek

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (April 29, 2016) – Officials celebrated the completion of the Hatchery Creek Restoration Project below Wolf Creek Dam during a dedication ceremony today, culminating a 21-month stream and wetland mitigation project that triples the length of the stream and prevents sedimentation pollution from making its way into the Cumberland River.

  • February

    Junior ROTC 1st Sgt. Amanda King, plants a seedling Feb. 22, 2016 to restore the environment at a disposal area near Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky.

    Cadets plant seedlings to restore Wolf Creek Dam disposal area

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Feb. 22, 2016) – A determined group of Army Junior ROTC cadets from Pulaski County High School and Southwestern High School planted 4,000 seedlings as part of a once-in-a-lifetime environmental restoration opportunity at a disposal area near Wolf Creek Dam today.

  • January

    A group holds U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attending a fall and rescue training class holds Anthony Certeza suspended in the air during a simulation exercise at the Cheatham Power plant in Ashland City, Tenn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Operations Division personnel recently went to new heights to prevent accidents by completing fall and rescue protection training with instructors.

    Corps employees go to new heights to protect each other

    CHARLOTTE, Tenn. (Jan. 6, 2015) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, Operations Division personnel recently went to new heights to prevent accidents by completing fall and rescue protection training.
  • Nathan Cary, Cartographic Technician in Real Estate Division for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for November 2015.

    Nashville District names Cary employee of the month for November 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 5, 2015) – Nathan Cary, a cartographic technician, in the Real Estate Division, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for November 2015.

  • November

    The Lake Barkley Navigational Lock is back up and running after being dry for most of the month of November as work crews inspect and repair underwater components. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees dewatered the 51-year-old, 110-by-600-foot lock and closely inspected the miter gates, culvert valves and all other areas of the lower lock chamber that are normally underwater.

    Corps of Engineers dewaters Barkley Lock for maintenance operations

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Nov. 24, 2015) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District re-opened the Barkley Lock today after dewatering the lock for major repair and maintenance.

  • May

    A concrete barrier wall is being constructed in the Wolf Creek Dam embankment May 2, 2012.

    Nashville District highlights its notable projects leading into National Dam Safety Awareness Day

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 29, 2015) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has two notable engineering projects to its credit in recent years to stop seepage through the embankments of Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky., and Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn. In conjunction with National Dam Safety Awareness Day May 31, 2015, the district is highlighting the major effort it took to construct concrete barrier walls deep into the foundations of these dams.

  • September

    Volunteers unload mounds of trash from a barge at the Waitsboro Recreation area in Somerset, Ky, Sept. 9, 2014 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Volunteers hauled 386 bags of trash and debris from five designated recreation sites during the 25th Annual Lake Cumberland Cleanup. The Friends of Lake Cumberland and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District organized the event that resulted in the collection of 1,156 bags of trash, 268 old tires and plastic bottles along the shoreline and on public lands.

    Lake Cumberland’s 25th Annual Cleanup volunteers bag mounds of litter, debris

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Sept. 20, 2014) – In celebration of National Public Lands Day, 386 volunteers bagged mounds of trash and debris from five designated recreation sites during the 25th Annual Lake Cumberland Cleanup.

  • December

    Craig Smith, Nashville District Tennessee River Operations Center, takes a momentary break from welding plates securing new tow haulage rail on Kentucky Lock wall Nov. 5, 2013. Nashville District employees completed the Tow Haulage Unit Replacement Project on time at Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky., Dec. 5, 2013, and the lock has resumed 24-hour operations. The new unit should move unpowered tows more efficiently and also eliminate a winter icing problem caused by the design of the 69-year-old tow haulage unit installed in 1944, according to Jeff Ross, Nashville District navigation chief.

    Kentucky Lock gets new tow haulage unit

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2013) — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees completed the Tow Haulage Unit Replacement Project at Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky., Dec. 5, 2013. They finished the work on time and the navigation lock has resumed 24-hour operations.
  • From left, Jamie Holt, power plant specialist, and Jamie James, project manager, stand atop U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s recently repaired Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 generator Kuttawa, Ky. The unit suffered a phase-to-ground fault resulting in a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator wirings in Dec. 19, 2010. The $11.5 million, major repair project began Aug. 15, 2012 when contractor employees lifted the 270-ton assembly by crane and placed it on a nearby pedestal for repair by National Electric Coil from Columbus, Ohio. Unit 1 was placed back on line Nov. 18, 2013.

    Barkley Unit 1 generator is back in operation after major repairs

    KUTTAWA, Ky., (Dec. 6, 2013) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 here is back in operation after a phase-to-ground fault caused a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator stator windings in Dec. 19, 2010.

  • July

    The 50-foot electromagnetic particle ring, Muon g-2 (pronounced g minus two) is lowered in Kentucky Lock, Grand Rivers, Ky., July 16, 2013 on its circuitous journey from Long Island, N.Y. to Chicago. It is a very powerful electromagnetic ring capable of carrying 5,200 amps of current and it creates a very strong magnetic field that allows storing a special particle called a muon. For additional information on the Muon g-2, and how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District contributed to its journey, go to http://www.npr.org/2013/07/02/197719271/15-ton-particle-ring-travels-to-chicago-by-land-and-by-sea>.

    Electromagnetic particle ring passes through Kentucky Lock on circuitous journey

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 16, 2013) – A 50-foot electromagnetic particle ring passed a milestone July 16, 2013 on its circuitous journey from Long Island, N.Y., to Chicago as it exited the Kentucky Lock operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

  • April

    U.S. Rep. Congressman Hal Rogers of Kentucky 5th District places the final placement of a scale pile model cast of the Foundation Remediation Concrete pile that was cast from final barrier wall concrete placment on March 6, 2013 at a Completion Ceremony of rehabilitation work for the Wolf Creek at the Russell County schools Auditorium/Natatorium April 19, 2013.

    Officials say Lake Cumberland on the rise with barrier wall complete

    RUSSELL SPRINGS, Ky. (April 19, 2013) – During a completion ceremony today in the Russell Springs Auditorium and Natatorium, a live feed of the last concrete placement on the work platform at Wolf Creek Dam drew applause from dignitaries, stakeholders and citizens in attendance.

  • March

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, (center) from Butler, Ill., gets his shoulder boards placed on by his wife, Emily (left) and his mother, Myra (right) during a promotion ceremony March 8, 2013, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters, in Nashville, Tenn. Dagon has been with the Nashville District since Aug 2011. His next assignment is with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N.M., with a report date in August. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District deputy commander promoted to lieutenant colonel

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, officiated and promoted Maj. Patrick Dagon to lieutenant colonel here at a ceremony attended by his family and district employees at the headquarters building.
  • Construction workers place concrete in the last pile to complete the barrier wall at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky., March 6, 2013. It is the last of 1,197 piles that are approximately four feet in diameter and extend 275 feet into bedrock below the foundation of the 4,000-foot long embankment. The completion makes it possible to begin the process of raising the Lake Cumberland pool level. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District completes Wolf Creek Dam barrier wall

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (March 6, 2013) – Construction workers placed concrete for the last pile today, which completes the underground barrier wall and paves the way for raising the Lake Cumberland pool level. It is the last of 1,197 piles that are approximately four feet in diameter and extend 275 feet from near the top of the dam into bedrock below the foundation of the 4,000-foot long embankment of Wolf Creek Dam.