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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • March

    Jonathan Friedman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s resource manager at Lake Cumberland and Laurel River Lake in Kentucky, is the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Water Safety Employee of the Year for his work promoting water safety. He is seen here operating a patrol boat on Lake Cumberland. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Resource manager recognized for promoting water safety

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 2, 2022) – The resource manager at Lake Cumberland and Laurel River Lake in Kentucky is recognized for promoting water safety, spearheading public outreach activities and several marketing campaigns that reached more than two million people in eastern Kentucky.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Ben Rohrbach, Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division chief, recognize the newest licensed professionals affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board Feb. 23, 2022, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Newest licensed professionals celebrated for National Engineers Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2022) – To recognize the Nashville District’s newest licensed professionals during National Engineers Week, six nameplates have been affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board as a record of achievement for all to see in the district headquarters.
  • Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Ben Rohrbach, Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division chief, recognize the newest licensed professionals affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board Feb. 23, 2022, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Newest licensed professionals celebrated for National Engineers Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 23, 2022) – To recognize the Nashville District’s newest licensed professionals during National Engineers Week, six nameplates have been affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board as a record of achievement for all to see in the district headquarters.
  • Officials recognized Kimberly Edwards, Hydropower Remote Operations Program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division, as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 36th Black Engineer of the Year Awards Technology Recognition Ceremony Feb. 18, 2022, in Washington D.C. She is seen here Feb. 15, 2022, at Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant in Hendersonville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Program manager recognized as ‘Modern-Day Technology Leader’

    WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 18, 2021) – Officials honored the Hydropower Remote Operations Program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 36th Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ Technology Recognition Ceremony today at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

  • January

    The Motor Vessel Tampa out of Ashland, Kentucky guides Marathon Petroleum Company fuel barges out of Cheatham Lock May 21, 2021, in Ashland City, Tennessee, headed to terminals in Nashville on the Cumberland River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District worked with the fuel industry and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet to schedule openings to accommodate deliveries of fuel to Middle Tennessee. Each barge carries around 28,000 barrels of fuel. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Value of ship shape navigation locks multiplies when counting commodities

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2022) – The value of keeping navigation locks on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in ship shape multiplies when counting the large number of commodities that are delivered via the Inland Waterway System to communities throughout the region and nation.
  • Park Ranger Ashley Webster (Left), natural resources specialist at Center Hill Lake, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2021. She is seen here Nov. 3, 2021, with an Open Jaw Productions crew as they move equipment to film at the Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee. Webster coordinated efforts to feature Center Hill Dam in a National Inventory of Dams video titled “Exploring Our Nation’s Dams.” (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Webster named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 28, 2022) – A park ranger is being lauded for coordinating an important project to publicize and feature Center Hill Dam in a National Inventory of Dams video titled “Exploring Our Nation’s Dams.”

  • November

    Director Zebediah Smith (Left) and First Assistant Camera Barrett Dennison with Open Jaw Productions captures video Nov. 3, 2021 of Center Hill Dam on the Caney Fork River in Lancaster, Tennessee, for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams video production. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Center Hill Dam featured in National Inventory of Dams rollout

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Nov. 5, 2021) – The National Inventory of Dams is being updated at the end of the year and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to feature Center Hill Dam in a video as part of its rollout with the public.

  • May

    The Motor Vessel Tampa out of Ashland, Kentucky, moves Marathon Petroleum Company fuel barges May 21, 2021 through Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tennessee, headed to terminals in Nashville. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District worked with the fuel industry and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, which is performing maintenance at the lock, to schedule openings to accommodate deliveries of fuel to Middle Tennessee. Each barge carries around 28,000 barrels of fuel. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cheatham Lock helps fuel Middle Tennessee in wake of pipeline shutdown

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (May 24, 2021) – With the recent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District opened up Cheatham Lock despite restrictions during scheduled maintenance so barges destined to fuel Middle Tennessee could navigate up the Cumberland River to Nashville terminals.
  • Sarah Pedrick, biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Water Management Section, and Mark Campbell, hydrologist, put a water quality instrument into the tailwater of the Stones River below J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tennessee April 27, 2021 while verifying the accuracy following recent calibrations. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Water Management assesses water quality in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2021) – The Water Quality Team, a component of the Water Management Section within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, routinely collects water quality information at the 10 reservoir projects in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • December

    Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, Nashville District commander, presents Patty Coffey, deputy district engineer, with the Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Medal during a retirement ceremony Dec. 10, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, for more than 40 years of outstanding and faithful service to the nation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District deputy district engineer culminates impactful career

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 11, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District honored its retiring deputy district engineer yesterday. Few people were physically present due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, but more than 120 employees, leaders, and friends joined the ceremony virtually to make sure they recognized Patty Coffey’s impactful career and unique blend of strong and caring leadership.
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