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    Jonathan Sims, a journeyman mechanic works inside the penstock on wicket gates located inside the Laurel River Dam. A group of electrical and mechanical engineers from the Wolf Creek power plant are performing routine maintenance.

    Maintenance inspection on track at Laurel River Dam

    LONDON, Ky. (Oct. 30, 2013) – A team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District electrical and mechanical engineers are conducting a two-year required maintenance inspection at the Laurel River Dam.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Commander, Lt. Col. John Hudson presents Park Ranger Brent Sewell from Martin’s Fork Lake with the Star of Life award to Sewell for rescuing a drowning teenager from, Smith, Ky., on Sept. 1, 2013.

    Lifesaving award presented to Martins Fork Lake park ranger

    SMITH, Ky. (Oct. 29, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander recognized a park ranger at Martin’s Fork Lake today with a Star of Life Award for his heroic rescue of a drowning teenager Labor Day weekend.
  • Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Nashville District commander presents the 2013 USACE Innovation of the Year Award to a team of engineers and geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design and Construction Branch. The Wolf Creek team is comprised of Mike Zoccola, Sarah Wiles, Joshua Bomar, Vanessa Bateman, Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Alex King, Baron Worsham, Emily Carr and Mike Brown. Not pictured are: Terry Penny, and Brook Brosi.

    Nashville District wins USACE Innovation of the Year Award

    Engineers and geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design and Construction Branch recieved the 2013 USACE Innovation of the Year Award at the district headquarters Oct. 24, by the Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Nashville District Commander, for their notable efforts on the Wolf Creek Information Management System.
  • 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.
  • The staff at the Cordell Hull Lake project poses with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award Oct. 22, 2013 in Carthage, Tenn. The award is given to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence.

    Cordell Hull employees receive Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    CARTHAGE, Tenn. (Oct. 22, 2013) – Employees at Cordell Hull Lake received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today at the visitor’s center for their efforts to restore customer services earlier this year following a power outage.