U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District
Hometown: Nashville, TN, US
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Recent News Stories
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Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major...
Story by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 11.15.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major...
Story by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 11.15.2012
Nashville District unveils its newest mountain bike...
Cheers and applause were heard from an on looking crowd as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and members from the Friends of Shutes Branch cut the...
Story by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Cheers and applause were heard from an on looking crowd as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and members from the Friends of Shutes Branch cut the...
Story by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Employees pay tribute to former district engineer, Vols...
Several of the staunchest University of Tennessee Volunteers football fans from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended Military Appreciation Day...
Story by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Several of the staunchest University of Tennessee Volunteers football fans from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended Military Appreciation Day...
Story by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 11.03.2012
EAGLE Class graduation recognizes the district’s...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Districts celebrated the graduation of 16 students for its 2012 Employee Achieving Greatness and Leadership Excellence...
Story by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.01.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Districts celebrated the graduation of 16 students for its 2012 Employee Achieving Greatness and Leadership Excellence...
Story by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.01.2012
Corps hosts a campfire family night at Lake Cumberland
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public to spend an evening of fun under the stars during Lake Cumberland’s Campfire Family Night.
Story by Bill Peoples | USACEND | 10.31.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public to spend an evening of fun under the stars during Lake Cumberland’s Campfire Family Night.
Story by Bill Peoples | USACEND | 10.31.2012
Corps officially opens mountain bike trail at Old...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is proud to announce the grand opening celebration of the nearly eight-mile long Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail...
Story by Bill Peoples | USACEND | 10.29.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is proud to announce the grand opening celebration of the nearly eight-mile long Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail...
Story by Bill Peoples | USACEND | 10.29.2012
Featured Video
USACE Nashville District Re-Opening Cheatham Lock
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District re-opening of the Cheatham Lock. Also available in high definition.
Video by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.15.2012
Recent Photos
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Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major...
Billie Boyd, lockmaster at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Lock, explains the function of the upper land wall machinery house to a USACE...
Photo by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 11.13.2012
Billie Boyd, lockmaster at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Cheatham Lock, explains the function of the upper land wall machinery house to a USACE...
Photo by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 11.13.2012
Nashville District unveils its newest mountain bike...
Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager Crystal Tingle presents volunteers that contributed to the construction and completion of the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail a...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager Crystal Tingle presents volunteers that contributed to the construction and completion of the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail a...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Employees pay tribute to former district engineer, Vols...
This statue honors Brig. Gen. Robert R. Neyland, who served as commander and district engineer of the Nashville and Chattanooga Districts in 1933 and 1934, while...
Photo by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 11.03.2012
This statue honors Brig. Gen. Robert R. Neyland, who served as commander and district engineer of the Nashville and Chattanooga Districts in 1933 and 1934, while...
Photo by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 11.03.2012
EAGLE Class graduation recognizes the district’s...
Senior leaders, supervisors, and graduates dine on food catered by Belmont University during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held Nov. 1, 2012,...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.01.2012
Senior leaders, supervisors, and graduates dine on food catered by Belmont University during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held Nov. 1, 2012,...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.01.2012
Congressman Diane Black visits Kentucky Lock, Kentucky...
Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, briefs Congressman Diane Black,...
Photo by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 10.29.2012
Adam Walker (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District project manager for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, briefs Congressman Diane Black,...
Photo by Fred Tucker | USACEND | 10.29.2012
Burcham tours one of Nashville District's major...
Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, views project operations from the barrier wall platform during her first visit to the...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 10.10.2012
Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, views project operations from the barrier wall platform during her first visit to the...
Photo by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 10.10.2012
Recent Video
(53 votes; 4.46)
USACE Nashville District Re-Opening Cheatham Lock
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District re-opening of the Cheatham Lock. Also available in high definition.
Video by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.15.2012
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District re-opening of the Cheatham Lock. Also available in high definition.
Video by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 11.15.2012
Nashville District unveils its newest mountain bike trail
Story about the Nashville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holding a ceremony to recognize volunteers who helped develop the newest mountain bike trail at Old...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 11.05.2012
Story about the Nashville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holding a ceremony to recognize volunteers who helped develop the newest mountain bike trail at Old...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 11.05.2012
Employees Pay Tribute to Former District Engineer, Vols...
Several of the staunchest University of Tennessee Volunteers football fans from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended Military Appreciation Day...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 11.03.2012
Several of the staunchest University of Tennessee Volunteers football fans from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District attended Military Appreciation Day...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 11.03.2012
USACE: EAGLE Class Makes Equestrian Campground...
Upkeep of recreation areas, campgrounds and hiking trails often depends on volunteers who care deeply about the nation’s natural resources and want them to there...
Video by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 09.11.2012
Upkeep of recreation areas, campgrounds and hiking trails often depends on volunteers who care deeply about the nation’s natural resources and want them to there...
Video by Amy Redmond | USACEND | 09.11.2012
Barkley Hydropower Rehabilitation Gets a 270-Ton Lift
Work crews here at Barkley Power Plant removed a 270-ton rotor assembly today from a crippled hydropower unit damaged 18 months ago by an electrical fire. The heavy...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 08.16.2012
Work crews here at Barkley Power Plant removed a 270-ton rotor assembly today from a crippled hydropower unit damaged 18 months ago by an electrical fire. The heavy...
Courtesy Video | USACEND | 08.16.2012
Ribbon Cutting Officially Opens Up Cordell Hull Lake...
With the sharp scissor cut of a ribbon today, dignitaries officially opened up the Cordell Hull Lake Visitor’s Center and Resource Manager’s Office for business...
Video by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 07.20.2012
With the sharp scissor cut of a ribbon today, dignitaries officially opened up the Cordell Hull Lake Visitor’s Center and Resource Manager’s Office for business...
Video by Leon Roberts | USACEND | 07.20.2012
Featured Story
Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major maintenance repairs
11.15.2012 | ASHLAND CITY, TN, USStory by Fred Tucker
ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is scheduled to reopen Cheatham Lock at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance.
“This is a major project which includes replacing two filling and two emptying lock chamber valves, valve stems, machinery bases and hydraulic cylinders plus replacing four miter gate hydraulic cylinders and installing new electric-driven hydraulic power units in machinery houses,” said Billie Boyd, lockmaster at Cheatham.
Also included were replacing grease lines, conduit runs, pulling new wire for controls, installing new bushings for the giant valves that replaced some that were installed in 1949 and repairing gate sector gear machinery bases where concrete had deteriorated over time, according to Boyd.
“We installed new controls on operating switchboards and upgraded controls for new hydraulic power units to permit operations using pushbuttons or joy sticks for lock gates among other things,” Boyd said. “Joy sticks allow a variable flow in the hydraulics giving the lock operator complete control of gate swing and timing,” she added.
The land side filling valve with its associated machinery and gate cylinder along with their controls still have to be installed and can be done with the lock open to navigation. Until such time, operating the lock on the one filling valve will slow lockages down but will not stop traffic, according to Boyd.
Featured Photo
Cheatham Lock scheduled to reopen after major maintenance repairs
Terry Farrow, electrician, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welds a metal “flag” for the lower river wall valve limit at Cheatham Lock, Ashland City, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2012. The lock is scheduled to reopen at 6 p.m., Nov. 15, 2012 after a one-month closure to permit major maintenance repairs to hydraulic and mechanical equipment damaged during the 2010 flood along with other routine maintenance. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)
Courtesy Photo | USACEND | 11.13.2012