Us Army Corps Of Engineers

Senior fish and wildlife students divide soil samples that will be sent to a lab for analysis. The students are helping the Corps of Engineers determine if current food plots are both effective and efficient.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District assists Newport News Public Schools at the NNPS Engineering Design Challenge held at Newsome Park Elementary School, Newport News, Va., Nov. 2, 2018. Fourth and More

Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered to paint three-feet high murals at four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, to combat wat More

LTC John Cunningham tours the laydown yard in Ponce, Puerto Rico where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' logistics and materials management staff work to inventory emergency restoration materials in support of Hurr More

Union ironclads in action: Joining Farragut at Vicksburg were the ironclad gunboats of the Western Flotilla fresh from their victory at Memphis. But even with these revolutionary warships, the U.S. Navy met wit More

Portrait of Prof. P.C. Boudousquie, who served as a draftsman and assistant engineer in the Mobile District from 1870 to 1900. (Courtesy of Boudousquie Family)

This is a replica of an original military map of Middle Tennessee from 1874 that is on display in the Barlow Conference Room at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Barlow Conference Center loc More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) team is partnering with the National Park Service, the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Board and the S.F. Health Dep More

George Isgitt, a former Charleston District employee, had a chance to talk to our district commander about when he worked for the Corps in the 1940s. He showed the commander some of his memorabilia and talked a More

On Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, nobody has cars, so U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assessors drive bicycles to visit assets on the island. Fort Worth District Realty Specialist Wes Prater used this 19 More

Aerial view of SM-1 nuclear reactor and plant circa the 1960s. SM-1 was the first nuclear power plant to successfully provide power to the commercial grid when it came online in April 1957. While SM-1’s reactor More

This 1959 photograph shows Whitney Point Lake when the concept of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operating the Whitney Point Dam for recreational benefits in addition to flood risk management was initially be More

An Army Corps of Engineers contractor collects debris containing asbestos here July 29. The debris is wrapped in the polyethylene sheets lining the truck bed and sealed air-tight with glue and tape before dispo More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District team members inspect the Times Beach Nature Preserve and former Times Beach confined disposal facility, Buffalo, NY, September 4, 2020. In the 1970s, the Buffalo Di More

The Little Rock District is actively engaging the public in its effort to update the 1970s version of the Bull Shoals Lake Master Plan. The agency currently hosted five public scoping workshops around Bull Sho More

Cheryl Michener's high school yearbook photograph. Michener graduate in 1970 from Kenmore East High School in Tonawanda, New York. Six years later, Michener began her Federal service as a switchboard operator a More

This work is being funded through Public Law 113-2 (Sandy Bill) and is being executed via two separate contracts. Once both contracts are completed, the corps will have restored Rockaway Beach to its originally More

Aerial view of the former SM-1 nuclear power plant on Fort Belvoir in the 1960s. The facility provided limited power to Fort Belvoir and served as a training facility before being deactivated in 1973. SM-1 was More

Country music star Dolly Parton performs at the Cordell Hull Dam Dedication Oct. 13, 1973, on the shore of the Cumberland River at the dam in Carthage, Tenn. According to an Associated Press report following th More

The STURGIS operating in the Panama Canal Zone where it provided power for several years for military and civilian use. The STURGIS, a former World War II Liberty Ship, was converted into the first floating nuc More

This is a photo taken in November 1976 during construction of Martins Fork Dam in Smith, Ky. The photo was in the press kit for the Martins Fork Dam Dedication Ceremony held 11 a.m. June 30, 1979. The project w More

The dredge Currituck crew with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District finishes up work at Bennetts Creek in Suffolk, Va., Sept. 17, 2013. The 150-foot dredge has been in service since 1977. (Courtes More

Gathright Dam in Alleghany County, Virginia, impounds water flowing down the Jackson River to create the 2,500-acre Lake Moomaw. Since opening in 1979, the dam has prevented numerous floods, saving countless do More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District's Operations team inspects the Amherst flood control project and diversion channels in Amherst, NY, September 11, 2020. The project was built in the late 1980s to m More

This is an aerial view of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway under construction Jan. 7, 1980. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the northern 29 miles of the project, including the massive More

Aerial view of Norwalk Harbor, Norwalk, Conn., which is located at the mouth of the Norwalk River, about eight miles east of Stamford. It forms a boundary between the East and South Norwalk sections of the city More

Harry Weddington's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake video footage was used nightly by both California and Nebraska newscasters, Fedex was kept busy and the Omaha District's "Video News Releases" were everywhere. (Ph More

The Ottawa County Sanitary Engineering Department completed Phase I of the Erie Township Sanitary Sewer Project with partial funding through the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), Sect More

Congressman Hal Rogers, Kentucky 5th District, gives the keynote address during the dedication ceremony for the Harlan Flood Control Project Oct. 25, 1999 in Loyall, Ky. The decade-long project managed by the U More

The Department of the Army Regulatory Program is one of the oldest programs in the federal government. Initially, the Regulatory Division (RD) served a fairly simple, straightforward purpose: to protect and mai More

Program Manager Hans Honerlah, Baltimore District’s Radiological Health Physics Regional Center of Expertise; Baltimore District Commander Col. Ed. Chamberlayne; and Baltimore District Project Manager Brenda Ba More

This aerial photo reveals the foundation of an old school house on the bottom of Dale Hollow Lake where the town of Willow Grove, Tenn., once stood before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District bui More

This oblique aerial photograph from Nov. 15, 1961, shows Fort Slocum.

A Dam Safety Program inspector examines a spillway gate strut during a dam safety assessment. During the assessment, Portland District identified 16 dams that needed infrastructure rehabilitation and it has com More

Army Capt. Antonio Pazos from the Norfolk District, focus on dewatering the six-mile-long Brooklyn Battery tunnel and Queens Tunnel in New York after hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012. More

This is an aerial view of J. Percy Priest Dam under construction June 13, 1967 on the Stones River in Nashville, Tenn. The project was dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson June 29, 1968. The U.S. Army Corps More

Construction (woodcut): During the naval siege of Vicksburg, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams put his men to work with pick and shovel to excavate a canal across the base of De Soto Point, opposite Vicksburg, in a fa More

Map of the City’s Defenses: The line of defense around Vicksburg as designed and constructed consisted of nine major forts connected by a continuous line of rifle-pits. The line was anchored on the Mississippi More

A community member peers into an abandoned military structure on Annette Island. Starting in 1940, the military and other federal agencies used the island for various purposes, leaving structures and debris beh More

Construction is currently under way at the La Quinta Channel Extension Project in Nueces County, Texas. Work includes deepening the channel extension and creating a beneficial use site with a scheduled completi More

The Army Engineer Spouses Club welcomed a group of more than 30 Michigan-based "Rosie the Riveters" at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia, March 22, 2016. Now in their 80s and 90s, these More

Craig Smith, Nashville District Tennessee River Operations Center, dresses a fresh weld on plates securing a new tow haulage rail on Kentucky Lock wall Nov. 5, 2013. Nashville District employees completed the T More

The new 6,952-square-foot facility contract was awarded for $7.7 million to build a modern structure at Amistad Dam near Del Rio, Texas. It replaces the antiquated 1960s-era port to enable new inspection proces More

A statue of former University of Tennessee football coach Brig. Gen. Robert R. Neyland is unveiled at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 3, 2012. Neyland served as commander of the Nashville and Chattano More

A file photo of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Robert Pioli, a bombardier assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Squadron during World War II. During a raid over Yugoslavia, Pioli's B-17 was shoot down and he became a Priso More

Peyton Abernathy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District environmental engineer, assists a private consultant on the practical application of the Tennessee Stream Quantification Tool Nov. 14, 2018 at M More

Beale Air Force men sandbagging 5th Street Bridge approach Yuba City (Sutter County). Note the mass exodus from City of Marysville over 10th Street Bridge spanning Feather River.

Buffalo Courier-Express, Sunday August 11, 1963: “Mt. Morris Dam Object of C-E Tour” by Bill LaMale. Miles J. Freeman was the Mount Morris Dam's Chief Operator from its construction in 1952 until his retiremen More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District begin a remedial investigation and feasibility study July 13 at the former Sahuarita Air Force Range in Pima County, Arizona. Kyle Lindsay, a geophysicist f More

The team looked at old photos to determine past paint colors like this one taken in the late 1960s. This information allowed them to make decisions about colors that would best represent the building’s history

Members of the International Joint Commission hold a press conference at the Jack Lawson ferry terminal after a visit Toronto Island, Canada. Outflows from Lake Ontario are established on a weekly basis by the More

The marina at Richard L. Schafer Dam and Success Lake, located near Porterville, Calif., March 14, 1968. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District completed construction of Schafer Dam in 1961 and th More

Beginning in the 1880s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) transformed the unsightly Potomac Flats in the District of Columbia by dredging the river channel and dumping the spoil on the Flats, thus creati More

Planning for impacts: Careful review of the natural terrain and impacts of a proposed action may help to avoid, reduce or minimize the need for mitigation of the area.

This was a view of platform during presentation of the colors and the playing of the national anthem [President John F. Kennedy attending dedication of Greers Ferry Dam], Oct. 3, 1963." (Photo by USACE Little R More

Huletts unloading ore from a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railway ore docks in Cleveland, Ohio. Image Date: May 1943. Photo Credit: Jack Delano. Courtesy Of: The Library of Congress

Laborers work on a stone pile during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Muscle Shoals Canal Project in August 1881, just several months after famed outlaw Jesse James robbed the Corps payroll. (USACE photo)

Built in 1934, Deep Creek Bridge is a federally owned and operated facility. The bridge passes over the Dismal Swamp Canal where U.S. Route 17 crosses in Chesapeake, Va. (Official U.S. Army Photo by Patrick Bloodgood)

New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Lady Bird Johnson (lower right) look on as Stan (left, glasses and bow tie) lobbies a stern-faced LBJ. (Photo courtesy Jill Spisiak-Jedlicka)

The Clarksburg Ferry, shown Jan. 13, 1920, eight years before it sank along the west bank of the Sacramento River at Clarksburg, in Yolo County, Calif.

Aerial photo of the construction at Barkley Dam in Kuttawa, Ky., taken Nov. 12, 1963. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District managed this construction project on the Cumberland River at mile 30.6. More

Twenty million dollar bridge replacement project to commence March 20 at Eufaula Dam.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District Navigation Support Team replaces the crane of the tender vessel Harrell at the Great Bridge Reservation, Virginia, Feb. 27, 2019. Since the U.S. Congress first More

This is the interior of Fort Sam Houston Base Theater in 1935.

Construction continues on Dam No. 4 on the Cumberland River in Tennessee Nov. 7, 1909. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built this old dam and lock to establish a navigation channel. The lock and dam was replac More

In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Dale Hollow Dam on the Obey River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public for a free tour of Dale Hollow Dam Hydropower Plant in Celina, More

Motorists travel over Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, which spans the Dismal Swamp Canal, Feb. 9, 2016. The city, state and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to replace the old two-lane bridge, which More

In the background, the USS Mobjack, a motor torpedo boat tender commissioned in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, is moored at the location of Great Bridge Lock along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Chesapeake, V More

More than a half century ago, in response to devastating floods that occurred in Houston in 1929 and 1935, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of Addicks and Barker dams in what was then undevel More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at J. Percy Priest Dam & Reservoir is offering two free guided tours of the J. Percy Priest Hydroelectric Dam in celebration of the reservoir's 50th anniversary.  Dam tours will More

Native History Association President Pat Cummins (right) leads a historic tour on Twin Forks Horse Trail near the East Fork Recreation Area in Smyrna, Tenn., May 9, 2015. The group is very close at this locatio More

Model of lock showing workmen from March 31,1893.

Beginning in the 1880s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers transformed the unsightly Potomac Flats in Washington, D.C., by dredging the river channel, dumping the spoil on the Flats, thus creating new land to the More

Terry Winschel, historian for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, uses a power washer to clean off a unique prototype military vehicle designed with “tri-star” wheels. Winschel is on a missi More

Construction is ongoing at Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1891. The view shows the stone blocks for the walls looking downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Distri More

Titled “The Die Block in Marble, Colorado, March 1931," this block was later sculpted and is now resides at Arlington National Cemetery as the Tomb of the Unknowns. (Image provided by the National Archives)

Erma Henry-Raver holds photos of her and relatives going to see Indian Rock Dam in 1945, as well as photo postcards from flood of 1933 in York, Pennsylvania. Henry-Raver was one of several hundred people who at More

People celebrate Oct. 29, 1961, as the outlet gates at Pomme de Terre Dam were closed for the first time. Approximately 1,700 people attended the event.

“Report on Operation Five-High, March 1962 Storm” was issued by the North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August 1963, and it describes the historic storm, later known as the Ash Wednes More

This is Lillydale Campground at Dale Hollow Lake taken, Sept. 3, 2000, before the southern pine beetles infested the majestic loblolly pines and forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to clo More

New England District team members meet get a briefing at the Mount Coffee Hydropower Dam during the November 2015 site visit.

Researchers removing very young salmon bound for the Atlantic from water-powered traps in a river. (NOAA)

Restoration work continues on Bird Island in Massachusetts. Bird Island is only one of three nesting habitats for the endangerd Roseate Tern.

“Mountain Home Project has been working with local students in our area for over 10 years,” said Ben Bremer, supervisory civil engineering technician. “I have personally seen and experienced the positive benef More

Facing west, the location is Lake Ontario shoreline, just west of the Olcott Harbor West Pier. Gabions were installed as part of Operation Foresight around 1973 or 1974. Photo was taken on Sept. 10, 2007.

Maintenance workers at the Hartwell Power Plant perform repairs on Unit 5 during a scheduled biennial inspection in June 2016. The team improves operational efficiency by rehabilitating deficient generators in- More

The US Army Corps of Engineers leaders, Los Angeles District, meet the Palmdale office team, Dec.15.

Sharon Pailler (kneeling front) poses with some of the community members in Guinea.

All ages can enjoy the Carlyle Lake Multi-Purpose Trail. The trail was recently designated national recreation trails by the U.S. Department of the Interior for 2012. Carlyle’s trail will join eight other St. L More

Empolyees from FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers watch as the USS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, pulls into port in New York City Sept. 14, after the ship was activated in response to the terrorist atta More

Boy Scouts pose during the National Public Lands Day Shoreline Cleanup at Dale Hollow Lake Sept. 24, 2016. (USACE photo by Sondra Carmen)

Transect lanes were laid out during an investigation of unexploded ordnance in 2003 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, a World War II training site. The U.S. Forest Service now manages the land, which is to be clean More

Recreators enjoy jet skiing at the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake Project in Clarks Hill, S.C.

Karen Adams discusses the Corps of Engineers regulatory permitting process at a Cape Wind public hearing on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., Dec. 6, 2004. Adams was recognized by the Boston Society of Civil Engineers More

An environmental restoration project will remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a marsh at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, improving degraded habitat that has adversely affected endangered species that u More

The Edward Zorinsky Federal Building under renovation, Omaha, Nebraska Feb. 3, 2005.

A capture of Aaron Wahus, park operations manager at J. Strom Thurmond Project, capturing the sunrise while assigned as Thurmond's chief ranger of recreation in 2005. The photo was taken at the first morning la More

A turkey wanders on a wildlife management area operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah district. (USACE photo.)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) photograph by ACoE photographer Jim Gordon of an electrical substation outside of Dohuk, northern Iraq. This under- construction substation has eight fedders and two 10 mva More

Water flows over a weir in Arbutus Creek, where the NYCDEP maintains a system of best management practices for stormwater control and conveyance.