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.
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member, feeds
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member, feeds a diving umbilical cord into Pickwick Lock to a diver inspecting the gate after it malfunctioned July 28, 2014. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member, prepares
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member, prepares to remove the diving helmet from Dustin Kelley after he completed his dive to inspect the lock gate at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., July 28, 2014. (U... More
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
Recreational boaters are about to enter Wilson Lock
Recreational boaters are about to enter Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River, Oct. 20, 2011. The Nashville district operates this lock, which is crucial to day-to-day commerce of the United States. Wilson Lock is... More
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) From left to right, Shaun
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) From left to right, Shaun Apger, Dustin Kelley, and Ty Melton who are lock and dam mechanics and divers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare to remove a dive helmet from Ke... More
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crane barge transports an 18-ton debris screen to shore after raising it from under 70-feet of water at the Wilson Lock (Photo by USACE/Daniel Barrios)
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member and
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member and lockmaster at Cheatham Lock, inspects the gate at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., after the dive team inspected the gate and did not find any debris or damage... More
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
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team,
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, descends into Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., to inspect the lock gate and miter seal after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction early in the morning J... More
Donald Dean, assistant operations manager of the middle
Donald Dean, assistant operations manager of the middle Tennessee River area speaks to Frederick Ragan, deputy and chief of programs and project management about the Wilson Lock and Dam Structure during the Con... More
An aerial view of the auxililary lock (right) and the
An aerial view of the auxililary lock (right) and the main lock (left) as work continues on the dewatering project at the Wilson Dam May 20, 2015. The lock is closed to barge traffic, which must use the smaller... More
The Wilson Navigational Lock is dry this week as work
The Wilson Navigational Lock is dry this week as work crews begin to drill holes for horizontal post tension bars in the side of the lock walls May 20, 2015. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District empl... More
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team,
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, inspects the lock gate after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction early in the morning at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., July 28, 2014. (USACE photo b... More
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
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member and
Jeff Neely, Nashville District Dive Team member and lockmaster at Cheatham Lock, inspects the gate at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., after the dive team inspected the gate and did not find any debris or damage... More
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team,
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, is lowered into Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., to inspect the lock gate and miter seal after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction early in the morning... More
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor,
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor, communicates with the diver inspecting a gate underwater at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., July 28, 2014. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
200812-A-JL056-563 FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) An
200812-A-JL056-563 FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) An 18-ton debris screen is hoisted out of the water onto a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crane barge at Wilson Lock after five decades of use underwater (Photo by ... More
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team,
Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, looks out of his dive helmet after diving in Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., to inspect after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction July 28, 2014. (USAC... More
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor and lockmaster at Wilson Lock, inspects the gate at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., after the dive team inspected the gate and did not find any debris or da... More
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) Herb Thomason, a master
FLORENCE, Ky. (Aug 12, 2020) Herb Thomason, a master pilot aboard a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers barge gives directions to Daryl Henry a crane operator as they lift an 18-ton debris screen from the water for re... More
Members of the U.S. Nashville District Tennessee Operations
Members of the U.S. Nashville District Tennessee Operations Center work at Wilson Lock in Florence, Ala., March 5, 2014. The district's repair fleet is being reorganized into a regional light repair fleet effe... More
Corps to allow public access to Wilson Navigation Lock
This is the main Wilson Navigation Lock on the Tennessee River in Florence, Ala., March 5, 2014. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering the public unescorted access to Wilson Navigation... 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 Wilson Lock at Tennessee River mile 259.4 in Florence, Ala., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Clic... More
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor,
Gerald Choat, Nashville District Dive Team supervisor, monitors the diver inspecting a gate underwater at Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., July 28, 2014. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
The repair fleet places rock fill in a 178-foot extension
The repair fleet places rock fill in a 178-foot extension of the upper lock wall at Wilson Lock in Florence, Ala., Dec. 1, 1926. The district's repair fleet is being reorganized into a regional light repair fle... More