Crews are on schedule to resume work later this month inside the main chamber at Wilson Lock and Dam while design work and machining of replacement components continues. In a… Read More
Nashville Engineer District
The main chamber of Wilson Lock and Dam will not reopen until mid-June, according to the latest estimates, nine months after popping noises caused its closure September 25. The initial… Read More
Fourteen new miter gate components were delivered for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project throughout much of the month of December, marking a milestone in the project. The Nashville Engineer District… Read More
Damage discovered when Wilson Lock and Dam’s main chamber was dewatered is too severe to allow navigation traffic to transit the lock between two dewaterings, which means the lock will… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has offered a ballpark cost estimate of $10 million to cover the repair of Wilson Lock and Dam, located at Tennessee River Mile 259.4 in Florence,… Read More
While many people aid in response and recovery after a natural disaster, a team from the Nashville Engineer District hopes its technical assistance in areas flooded during Hurricane Helene could… Read More
Dive teams and remote-controlled vehicles have inspected the damage to both lower gates at Wilson Lock’s main chamber, and a team is on-site to begin slot repair work necessary before… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District is continuing efforts to map out a repair plan for the lower miter gates in the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near… Read More
Updates on infrastructure projects, industry priorities and proposed legislation were part of the Tennessee River Valley Association and Tennessee-Cumberland Waterways Council’s annual meeting September 30-October 1 in Franklin, Tenn. Col. Read More
The main lock chamber at Wilson Locks and Dam closed for additional inspections and possible emergency repairs after divers discovered cracking September 25 in the lock gates on both the… Read More
