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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

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 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 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 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 ceremony at the marina in Allons, Tenn., June 3, 2011 were treated to these cupcakes during the reception.

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 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

This is a plaque located at the Chickamauga Lock in

This is a plaque located at the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2010. It is where a public observation point used to be located before access to the site discontinued following Sept. 11, 2001.

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

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 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

This is the Chickamauga Lock & Dam in Chattanooga,

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

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 of Engineers Nashville District resident engineer, brief Tennessee Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee 3rd District, and Scott Desjarlais, Tennessee ... More

April Smith, president of Mitchell Creek Marina; and

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., 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 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) 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

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 in Chattanooga, Tennessee

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 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 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

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 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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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 at Dale Hollow Lake in Allons, Tenn., poses with the "Clean Marina" flag following a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony June 3.

A turbine generator owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority

A turbine generator owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority is shipped on a barge entering Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2010. The 1.3-million pound payload is headed on the Tennessee River ... More

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 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 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

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 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

A. J. Conley (Front), turbine mechanic with Voith Hydro,

A. J. Conley (Front), turbine mechanic with Voith Hydro, and his supervisor Kye Moss, remove a wicket gate from hydropower unit two in the power house at Center Hill Dam Oct. 7, 2015. The U.S. Army Corps of Eng... More

Maj. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great

Maj. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, presents the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Defense of Freedom April 8, 2019 to Billy Johnson, recognizing the... More

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 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 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 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 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 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

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, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2010.

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 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

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

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 with Patty Coffee, Nashville District Deputy District Engineer, Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal (incoming District Engineer and Lt. Cullen Jones (current District Engi... More

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

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., 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 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 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 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

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, 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

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

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 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 Congresswoman Diane Black, makes opening remarks at a "Clean Marina" dedication ceremony June 3, 2011 at Mitchell Creek Marina at Dale Hollow Lake.

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 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

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 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

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

Watts Bar Lock in Decatur, Tenn., is shown drained,

Watts Bar Lock in Decatur, Tenn., is shown drained, Oct. 20, so maintenance crews can inspect and repair the lock.

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 Nickajack Lock at Tennessee River mile 424.7 in Jasper, Tenn., Saturday, July 15, 2017. Cl... More

Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Tommy Long (Right), resident engineer for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, lead Vice Adm. Charles Ray, U.S. ... More

Jeremiah Manning, Kentucky Lock Addition Project resident

Jeremiah Manning, Kentucky Lock Addition Project resident engineer, gets a closer look at the movement of a 1.3 million pound concrete shell Aug. 6, 2018 downstream of Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. The U.S... More

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

Jeff Ross, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District

Jeff Ross, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District civil engineer, reginal technical specialist, regional river repair fleet, explains Chickamauga Lock maintenance operations to Congressman Chuck Fleisc... More

A barge enters Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn.,

A barge enters Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23, 2012.

John McCormick, vice president of Safety, River Management

Administrative assistants from the U.S. Army Corps

Administrative assistants from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District pose in the bottom of Watts Bar Lock during a tour of the facility in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers... 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 turbine for the Tennessee Valley Authority, enters the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 29, 2010. The barge is heading through the Tenne... More

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), representative

Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), representative of the 3rd District of Tennessee, and Congressman Bill Shuster, representative of the 9th District of Pennsylvania, answer media questions during a tour of C... More

A towboat brings a tow northbound into Nickajack Lock

A towboat brings a tow northbound into Nickajack Lock Jan. 6, 2015. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)

Chickamauga Lock Superintendent, Tommie Long and Chickamauga

Chickamauga Lock Superintendent, Tommie Long and Chickamauga Project Manager Adam Walker, explain work at the project site to Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Divisio... More

Construction workers with AECOM work in the coffer

A tow boat pulls out a barge after a gantry crane picked

A tow boat pulls out a barge after a gantry crane picked up a 1.3 million pound concrete shell Aug. 3, 2018 downstream of Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District a... More

Tommy Long, Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project resident

Tommy Long, Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project resident engineer, briefs members of the Lower Mekong Initiative about the status of the project during a visit June 12, 2019 on the Tennessee River in Chattanoo... More

Adam Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville

Adam Walker, 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 Army for C... More

A Shimmick construction worker prepares steel forms

A Shimmick construction worker prepares steel forms 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 lock ... More

Chickamauga Lock sits empty July 20, 2016 while U.S.

Chickamauga Lock sits empty July 20, 2016 while U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District maintainers inspect and make repairs to the miter gates and other underwater components. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

Arrow Transportation Company's diesel towboat ATCO

Arrow Transportation Company's diesel towboat ATCO enters Wilson Lock Oct. 5, 1946 at Tennessee River mile 259.4 in Florence, Ala. The six bargers contained approximately 4,000 tons of grain from St. Louis, Mo... More

This is an area where maintenance crews are making

This is an area where maintenance crews are making repairs at Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Tenn., Oct. 20. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently drained the lock and maintenance crews a... More

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