Ten Nashville, Tenn., area dams in the Cumberland River basin prevented an estimated $1.8 billion in flood damages in March flooding. Nashville received 7.01 inches of rain March 27–28, making… Read More
Nashville Engineer District
Crews have completed the cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, a milestone in preparing for downstream excavation work that will include construction of the remaining portion of the new… Read More
A structural engineer with the Nashville Engineer District received a special honor during the 35th Black Engineer of the Year Awards ceremony hosted virtually last month from Detroit, Mich. Gbandi… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has released a video highlighting how water is managed in the Cumberland River basin. The video, titled “Water Management: Cumberland River Basin,” is available at on… Read More
A new floating barge equipped with a special incinerator is helping the Nashville Engineer District to efficiently dispose of stumps, logs and driftwood debris. The incinerator barge began operating in… Read More
It was always an ambitious idea. From the 1700s—when Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, traveled up the Tombigbee River and, reportedly, envisioned a waterway between Tennessee and… Read More
A second helper boat will add a night shift on certain nights to help reduce the upbound queue at Kentucky Lock. The Nashville Engineer District announced in a Navigation Notice… Read More
Bill Holman didn’t need the words on the plaque at Lock 2 Park in Nashville, Tenn., to know its historical significance. Holman, 91, lived through it. “This means so much… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has reported the following scheduled lock closures. June 24–28: Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River will have intermittent closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company of Salem, Ky., has filed an application for a permit modification to allow a conveyor load-out system at its existing facility on the Cumberland… Read More
