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A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing

A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing

A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing steel July 21, 2020 in preparation to place more concrete for a monolith. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is constructing a new navigation... More

Ann Sullivan of the Madison Service Group gives the

Ann Sullivan of the Madison Service Group gives the

Ann Sullivan of the Madison Service Group gives the keynote address about the challenges women face in federal contracting, noting how the Women’s Small Business Program has underperformed. She spoke at the 9th... More

Maintenance workers secure new miter blocks into the

Maintenance workers secure new miter blocks into the

Maintenance workers secure new miter blocks into the downstream lock gates during the Wilson Lock dewatering, Thursday, May 3, 2012.

April Smith, president of Mitchell Creek Marina; and

April Smith, president of Mitchell Creek Marina; and

April Smith, president of Mitchell Creek Marina; and her father Doug Smith, owner of Mitchell Creek Marina post the "Clean Marina" flag during a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony at the marina in Allons, Tenn., June 3.

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer dam to prepare the foundation April 25, 2019 for concrete placement as part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project Lock Chamber Contract, which is managed... More

A young American Bald Eagle takes flight for the first

A young American Bald Eagle takes flight for the first

A young American Bald Eagle takes flight for the first time Sept. 12, 1988 from a hacking tower on the shoreline of Dale Hollow Lake. The hope was the bird would return in four to five years within a 100-mile ... More

Those in attendance at a "Clean Marina" dedication

Those in attendance at a "Clean Marina" dedication

Those in attendance at a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony at the marina in Allons, Tenn., June 3, 2011 were treated to these cupcakes during the reception.

Kentucky Lock’s first lift-in shell to be placed

Kentucky Lock’s first lift-in shell to be placed

Diagram of Public Viewing Designated Area at Kentucky Dam of placement of a 1.3-million-pound concrete shell Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 that will form a part of the downstream cofferdam for the new lock under constru... More

Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Tenn.,

Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Tenn.,

Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Tenn., is seen dewatered here, Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently drained the lock and maintenance crews are inspecting and making necessary repairs.

Work crews lift the turbine runner out of hydropower

Work crews lift the turbine runner out of hydropower

Work crews lift the turbine runner out of hydropower unit two in the power house at Center Hill Dam Oct. 7, 2015 as employees watch the operation from a viewpoint above the main floor. The U.S. Army Corps of En... More

Dale Hollow Lake Resource Manager Stephen Beason (Left)

Dale Hollow Lake Resource Manager Stephen Beason (Left)

Dale Hollow Lake Resource Manager Stephen Beason (Left) presents a "Clean Marina" certificate to Doug Smith, owner, and his daughter April Smith, president, of Mitchell Creek Marina in Allons, Tenn. The presen... More

Public invited for Chickamauga Lock tour on Tennessee River

Public invited for Chickamauga Lock tour on Tennessee River

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 10, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Chickamauga Lock at Tennessee River mile 471 in Chattano... More

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., USACE Great Lakes

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., USACE Great Lakes

Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general; presents the U.S. Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal to Lock Operator Joshua C. Mullins at Kentucky Lock in Gr... More

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MERIDIAN, Miss. (May 25, 2017) John

170525-N-CH038-313 MERIDIAN, Miss. (May 25, 2017) John

170525-N-CH038-313 MERIDIAN, Miss. (May 25, 2017) John Kliem, executive director of the Department of the Navy’s (DON) Resilient Energy Program Office, speaks at a ground breaking ceremony for the new solar gen... More

This is the Chickamauga Lock & Dam in Chattanooga,

This is the Chickamauga Lock & Dam in Chattanooga,

This is the Chickamauga Lock & Dam in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore [412-APD-171-04-04-06_TVA_002.JPG]

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Au...

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore

Little Country Band Dave Moore sings during the reception

Little Country Band Dave Moore sings during the reception

Little Country Band Dave Moore sings during the reception following the Clean Marina dedication ceremony at Mitchell Creek Marina in Allons, Tenn., June 3, 2011.

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), Tennessee District

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), Tennessee District

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 t... More

A group of the country’s top power brokers, attending

A group of the country’s top power brokers, attending

A group of the country’s top power brokers, attending their 2015 spring conference for the Federal Utility Partnership Working Group, toured the Old Hickory power plant, Lock and Dam today.

Eileen Hodges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington

Eileen Hodges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington

Eileen Hodges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District deputy for Small Business, provides contracting forecast info to Craig Stevens, president of Genesis 360 Construction in Baton Rouge, La., during ... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction crews work to construct monoliths July 21, 2020 for a new navigation lock as part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project at the Tennessee Valley Autho... More

An Administrative assistant from the U.S. Army Corps

An Administrative assistant from the U.S. Army Corps

An Administrative assistant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District crawls into where water is imported and exported at Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. ... More

April Smith (left), president of Mitchell Creek Marina

April Smith (left), president of Mitchell Creek Marina

April Smith (left), president of Mitchell Creek Marina at Dale Hollow Lake in Allons, Tenn., poses with the "Clean Marina" flag following a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony June 3.

Photograph of Douglas Reservoir in Northeast Tennessee

Photograph of Douglas Reservoir in Northeast Tennessee

This is a photograph of Douglas Reservoir, part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Dams

Keith Holley (center), Watts Bar Lock facility manager,

Keith Holley (center), Watts Bar Lock facility manager,

Keith Holley (center), Watts Bar Lock facility manager, gives a safety briefing to administrative assistants and office workers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District during a tour of the lock... More

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, points toward the downstream gate as he leads Vice Adm. Charles Ray, U.S. Coast Guard deputy commandant for Operatio... More

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound turbine for the Tennessee Valley Authority, exits the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29. The barge is heading through the Tennessee Ri... More

Tennessee Valley Authority - An advertisement for the tennessee valley authority

Tennessee Valley Authority - An advertisement for the tennessee valley...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Distribution Center: USIS - Manila Post: RSC - Manila Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East

Navy vessel LST 325 enters Nickajack Lock Sept. 18,

Navy vessel LST 325 enters Nickajack Lock Sept. 18,

Navy vessel LST 325 enters Nickajack Lock Sept. 18, 2014. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.(June 29, 2015)MOA signing agreement

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.(June 29, 2015)MOA signing agreement

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.(June 29, 2015)MOA signing agreement in Chattanooga, Tennessee

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Chickamauga Lock and Chickamauga Power Plant at Tennessee River mile 471 in Chattanooga, T... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and contractor Johnson Brothers place the final concrete shell on the riverbed of the Tennessee River Feb. 2, 2020 below Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. It... More

Tommy Long (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Tommy Long (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Tommy Long (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s resident engineer for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, updates Vice Adm. Charles Ray, U.S. Coast Guard deputy commandant for Operati... More

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer dam to prepare the foundation April 25, 2019 for concrete placement as part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project Lock Chamber Contract, which is managed... More

Chuck Harris shows where sewage is filtered on site

Chuck Harris shows where sewage is filtered on site

Chuck Harris shows where sewage is filtered on site at Mitchell Creek Marina as part of an effort to be environmentally friendly. The project took several months and Harris explained the process just prior to a... More

Adam Walker (Left), Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

Adam Walker (Left), Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

Adam Walker (Left), Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project manager; Tommy Long (Right), resident engineer; Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy (Second from Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; g... More

David Bowling (Left), Tennessee Valley Authority vice

David Bowling (Left), Tennessee Valley Authority vice

David Bowling (Left), Tennessee Valley Authority vice president of River and Land Operations, presents Mike Wilson with a U.S. Flag flown over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C., at the request of Con... More

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, sits at the bottom of Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S.... More

A group of State and Federal agency representatives

A group of State and Federal agency representatives

A group of State and Federal agency representatives that make up the Tennessee Silver Jacket program toured the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility just outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19.

A 12-barge tow enters Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn.,

A 12-barge tow enters Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn.,

A 12-barge tow enters Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., Oct. 24, 2013, during a 75th Anniversary event attended by guests from Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. Pickwick is one of nine Tennessee Valley Authorit... More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  Tommy Long, (Right) U.S. Army Corps

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Tommy Long, (Right) U.S. Army Corps

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Tommy Long, (Right) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District resident engineer, brief Tennessee Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee 3rd District, and Scott Desjarlais, Tennessee ... More

Craig Carrington chief of the Nashville District Planning

Craig Carrington chief of the Nashville District Planning

Craig Carrington chief of the Nashville District Planning Branch Plan Formulation Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is amazed size of the underground Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility. The Tennessee ... More

Ben Rohrbach, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ben Rohrbach, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Ben Rohrbach, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, explains how the Corps manages the Cumberland River System during a Silver Jackets meeting April 9, 20... More

Corps construction representatives oversee Shimmick

Corps construction representatives oversee Shimmick

Corps construction representatives oversee Shimmick contractors preparing to drill holes July 21, 2020 to install reinforcing steel in preparation to place more concrete for a monolith. The U.S. Army Corps of E... More

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Right) and Ty Melton

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Right) and Ty Melton

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Right) and Ty Melton weld the miter gate fenders July 20, 2016 at Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bailey is from the Cumberland River Operation... More

Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, welcomes more than 400 participants to the 9th Annual Small Business Industry Day March 6, 2019 at Tennessee State University... More

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, briefs Douglas Lamont, senior official performing duties of secretary of the Ar... More

Administrative assistants and office workers from the

Administrative assistants and office workers from the

Administrative assistants and office workers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are lowered into Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corp... More

Photograph of Cherokee Reservoir in Northeast Tennessee

Photograph of Cherokee Reservoir in Northeast Tennessee

This is a photograph of the Cherokee Reservoir, part ot the Tennessee Valley Authority. Dams

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee,  from the Old

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee, from the Old

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee, from the Old Hickory power plant, talks to the Federal Utility Partnership Working Group on how water passes through generating units using a gravity-fed system at Old Hi... More

John McCormick, vice president of Safety, River Management

John McCormick, vice president of Safety, River Management

John McCormick, vice president of Safety, River Management and Environmental at Tennessee Valley Authority, shares his leadership perspectives to participants in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and... More

Angela Crane-Jones and Marquisha Griffin network with

Angela Crane-Jones and Marquisha Griffin network with

Angela Crane-Jones and Marquisha Griffin network with business leaders at the Small Business Forum, March11, 2015, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn.

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right), U.S. Army Corps of

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right), U.S. Army Corps of

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, points toward the Chickamauga Lock Addition Project's coffer dam from atop Chickamauga Dam during a tour of the proje... More

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore [412-APD-171-04-04-06_TVA001.JPG]

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Au...

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore

This is the Chickamauga Lock and Dam in Chattanooga,

This is the Chickamauga Lock and Dam in Chattanooga,

This is the Chickamauga Lock and Dam in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2010.

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Left) and Ty Melton

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Left) and Ty Melton

Lock and Dam Mechanics Alan Bailey (Left) and Ty Melton 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... More

Douglas Lamont, senior official performing duties of

Douglas Lamont, senior official performing duties of

Douglas Lamont, senior official performing duties of secretary of the Army for Civil Works, tours the deteriorating Chickamauga Lock Feb. 28, 2017 in Chattanooga, Tenn., with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashvi... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor partner Johnson Brothers put a 1.7 million pound concrete shell into position Feb. 2, 2020 on the riverbed on downstream end of Kentucky Lo... More

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore [412-APD-171-04-04-06_TVA_001.JPG]

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Au...

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) President Tom Kilgore

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority employees inspect a large mitre gate. The Wilson Navigational Lock is dry for five weeks while maintenance crews dewater, inspect a... More

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from

Adrienne Washington, an administrative assistant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, crawls out of where water is imported and exported at Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in D... More

Public invited for Fort Loudoun Lock tour on Tennessee River

Public invited for Fort Loudoun Lock tour on Tennessee River

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Fort Loudoun Lock at Tennessee River mile 602.3 in Lenoir City, Tenn., Saturday, June 9, 2... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and contractor Johnson Brothers place the final concrete shell on the riverbed of the Tennessee River Feb. 2, 2020 below Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. It... More

Ken Davis, TEMA assistant director for preparedness,

Ken Davis, TEMA assistant director for preparedness,

Ken Davis, TEMA assistant director for preparedness, thanks all of the Silver Jackets partners for working on the final draft of the Tennessee Post Disaster Guide during a ceremony Nov. 17, 2015, at TEMA with S... More

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative, an international

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative, an international

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative, an international team from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, and U.S. officials visit Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., June 12,... More

(Right to Left Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Bostick talks

(Right to Left Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Bostick talks

(Right to Left Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Bostick talks with Patty Coffee, Nashville District Deputy District Engineer, Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal (incoming District Engineer and Lt. Cullen Jones (current District Engi... More

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee from the Old

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee from the Old

Steven Crawford, a hydropower trainee from the Old Hickory power plant, fields a question from Kazi Mamun, from the Eaton Corporation, on how the control room works to a group from the Federal Utility Partnersh... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Melton Hill Lock at Clinch River mile 23.1 in Lenoir City, Tenn., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017.... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and contractor Johnson Brothers place the final concrete shell on the riverbed of the Tennessee River Feb. 2, 2020 below Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. It... More

Randy Kerr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Randy Kerr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Randy Kerr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section hydraulic engineer, provides a detailed overview of the Cumberland River System to members of the Lower Mekong Initiative in ... More

This is the Watts Bar Dam located in Decatur, Tenn.,

This is the Watts Bar Dam located in Decatur, Tenn.,

This is the Watts Bar Dam located in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently drained the lock and maintenance crews are inspecting and making necessary repairs.

Administrative assistants and office workers from the

Administrative assistants and office workers from the

Administrative assistants and office workers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District are in the bottom of Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army ... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor partner Johnson Brothers put a 1.3 million pound concrete shell into position Aug. 6, 2018 on the riverbed on downstream end of Kentucky Lo... More

Administrative assistants from the U.S. Army Corps

Administrative assistants from the U.S. Army Corps

Administrative assistants from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District prepare to be lifted out of Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Eng... More

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound turbine for the Tennessee Valley Authority, exits the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29. The barge is heading through the Tennessee Ri... More

Jim Davis, Operations Manager of the Tennessee River

Jim Davis, Operations Manager of the Tennessee River

Jim Davis, Operations Manager of the Tennessee River (except Kentucky Lock) explains the process of a lock dewatering to Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama District 5 and Maj. Patrick Dagon, as well as the unique... More

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

USACE-TVA 80-year partnership a definite plus for Cumberland, Tennesse...

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 an... More

Burnham named District Employee of the Month for November 2013

Burnham named District Employee of the Month for November 2013

Ben Burnham, a maintenance engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s East Tennessee River Area Office in Chattanooga, Tenn., is the District Employee of the Month for November 2013. (USA... More

Fiber optic installation sheds light on valuable partnership

Fiber optic installation sheds light on valuable partnership

Rich Ellis (Left), field engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority Region 1 Information Technology Field Services, and Bradley Gatewood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Information Technology... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, left, the deputy

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, left, the deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District stands with Cheng Guo-Qiang, the secretary-general and senior fellow of the Academic Committe... More

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, explains construction dates with Tennessee Congressman Scott DesJarlais, Tennes... More

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.  Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, explains construction dates with Tennessee Congressman Scot... More

Field Representative Michael Detwiler, who represents

Field Representative Michael Detwiler, who represents

Field Representative Michael Detwiler, who represents Congresswoman Diane Black, makes opening remarks at a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony June 3, 2011 at Mitchell Creek Marina at Dale Hollow Lake.

Fil Martinez, Raccoon Mountain Facility hydro operator

Fil Martinez, Raccoon Mountain Facility hydro operator

Fil Martinez, Raccoon Mountain Facility hydro operator from the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility explains how power storage works to a group from the Tennessee Silver Jacket program Oct. 19, 2016

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative pose together

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative pose together

Members of the Lower Mekong Initiative pose together at Chickamauga Lock June 12, 2019 on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn. They toured the Tennessee Valley Authority project where the U.S. Army Corps o... More

Adam Walker (Yellow Jacket), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Adam Walker (Yellow Jacket), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Adam Walker (Yellow Jacket), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager, briefs Douglas Lamont, senior official performing duties of secretary of the Army for Civil Works, on the challenges... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Shimmick construction crews work to construct monoliths July 21, 2020 for a new navigation lock as part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project at the Tennessee Valley Autho... More

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army

Cory Richardson (Right), lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, leads Vice Adm. Charles Ray, U.S. Coast Guard deputy commandant for Operations, on a tour of Chickamauga Lock May 4,... More

The Tug Boat Chariot K. Smith pushes a barge into

The Tug Boat Chariot K. Smith pushes a barge into

The Tug Boat Chariot K. Smith pushes a barge into Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23, 2012. From 1997 to 2010, annual tonnage passing through the lock ranged from .7 to 2.7 million tons. The annu... More

Bob Sneed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

Bob Sneed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

Bob Sneed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, explains how the district supports lock operations on the Tennessee River, partners with the Tennessee Valley Authority... More

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound turbine for the Tennessee Valley Authority, waits for the water level to rise in the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29. The barge is h... More

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound

A barge carrying a 750,000-pound generator and 500,000-pound turbine for the Tennessee Valley Authority, exits the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29. The barge is heading through the Tennessee Ri... More

Tommy Long, (Left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Tommy Long, (Left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Tommy Long, (Left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District resident engineer, and Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Chickamauga Lock Replacemen... More

The Delta Queen locks through Nickajack Lock in Jasper,

The Delta Queen locks through Nickajack Lock in Jasper,

The Delta Queen locks through Nickajack Lock in Jasper, Tenn., March 25, 2015. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)

Barges loaded with sand navigate through Kentucky Lock

Barges loaded with sand navigate through Kentucky Lock

Barges loaded with sand navigate through Kentucky Lock Jan. 9, 2019 on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Ky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the lock at the Tenness... More

A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing

A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing

A Shimmick construction worker installs reinforcing steel July 21, 2020 in preparation to place more concrete for a monolith. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is constructing a new navigation... More

A radio transmitter is attached to a young American

A radio transmitter is attached to a young American

A radio transmitter is attached to a young American Bald Eagle Aug. 22, 1988 to track its movement after it is released from a hacking tower on the shoreline of Dale Hollow Lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer... More

Barney Schulte, technical engineer for Kentucky Lock

Barney Schulte, technical engineer for Kentucky Lock

Barney Schulte, technical engineer for Kentucky Lock Addition Project, checks specifications for the gantry crane lift system in preparation for the movement of a 1.3 million pound concrete shell Aug. 4, 2018 i... More

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro

Federal, state and local agencies gathered at Metro Nashville’s Development Services Center to form a group partnership to help reduce flood reduction Sept. 23, 2014. Silver Jackets is an innovative program tha... More

A Voith Hydro work crew supervises the placement of

A Voith Hydro work crew supervises the placement of

A Voith Hydro work crew supervises the placement of the turbine runner from hydropower unit two onto a stand in the power house at Center Hill Dam Oct. 7, 2015. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Distri... More

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