Park Ranger Amy Redmond showed members of the public during the July 20, 2013, Old Hickory Lock and Dam Tour how each generating unit utilizes potential energy stored in the reservoir to help rotate 575 tons of More
Carol Haynes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Equal Employment Opportunity chief, speaks to Stratford STEM Magnet High School freshmen about the many career opportunities with the Corps during t More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering public access to Old Hickory Navigation Lock located at Cumberland River mile 216.2. The lock will be accessible to visitors seven days a week fro More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering public access to Old Hickory Navigation Lock beginning May 28, 2015. The lock will be accessible to visitors seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p. More
Ben Rohrbach, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, explains how the Corps manages the Cumberland River System during a Silver Jackets meeting April 9, 20 More
(Left to right) J. D. Elliott, president of the Memorial Foundation; Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Bob Sneed, Nashville District Water Management Section ch More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering the public free guided tours of the Old Hickory Lock and Power Plant located at Old Hickory, Tenn. Approximately one and a half hours in length, t More
Henry Mare works on an electronics test station Nov. 24, 2014, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydropower Branch's Electronics Service Section located at Old Hickory Dam in Hendersonville More
Theodore Caldwell, mail clerk at the district office is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2015.
Amber Cole (Right), electrical engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Electronic Service Section, answers technical questions with the members of Team Cumberland that were touring the More
(From left) Maj. Christopher Burkhardt, deputy commander, Nashville District talks with Michael Gafford, logistics planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Logistics Activity in Millington, Tenn., at the C More
Old Hickory Dam is offering free public tours of the powerhouse 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. Tour participants must register for the tours at least a week and a half (eight bu More
Lock Operator Johnny Barton briefs Nashville Mayor Megan Barry about how he helps commercial and recreational vessels navigate up and down the Cumberland River through Old Hickory Dam. The mayor toured the dam More
Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general in Cincinnati, makes a statement during a media availability at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, More
Spc. Darren Warfield from the Tennessee National Guard checks the identification of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee at the Old Hickory Dam Powerhouse in Hendersonville, Tenn. Soldiers set up road block More
Jerry Breznican (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Emergency Management chief, briefs first responders in an Emergency Command and Control Vehicle during First Responders Day at Old Hickory More
Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District acting commander, welcomes 36 kids to Old Hickory Dam for “Bring Your Kids to Work Day” March 30, 2018 in Old Hickory, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Le More
Employees at Old Hickory Hydropower Plant take part in a simulated exercise to extract a training dummy from a confined space during a Confined Space and Confined Space Rescue Course June 14, 2018 in Hendersonv More
Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., releases water at a rate of 97,000 cubic feet per second Feb. 21, 2019. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)
The Weather Channel National News Correspondent Justin Michaels interviews Anthony Rodino, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, from Old Hickory Dam at Cumberland Rive More
Bill Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District civil engineer, shows Sumner County teachers some equipment the Corps uses to monitor the dam embankment at Old Hickory Dam during a teacher externsh More
Park Ranger Courtney Eason spoke with members of the public during the July 20, 2013, Old Hickory Lock and Dam Tour on how the lock chamber assists in the transport of 4.5 million tons of commodities up and dow More
Jason Green, a journeyman electrician at the Wolf Creek Power Plant looks at drawings from generator number three. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District electricians from the Wolf Creek Power Pla More
Lead Biologist Richard Tippit, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section, speaks to Stratford STEM Magnet High School freshmen Feb. 27, 2014, about the environment and water quali More
Alton Miller, Natural Resources Conservation Service Tennessee Emergency Watershed Protection manager, talks to Silver Jackets participants about his organization's roles and missions during the meeting held Ap More
Henry Mare works on a soldering station Nov. 24, 2014, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydropower Branch's Electronics Service Section located at Old Hickory Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn. More
Jake Kennedy (Right), Old Hickory Dam Power Plant superintendent, addresses current technical issues with members of Team Cumberland that were touring the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., S More
Jerry Breznican, Nashville District Emergency Management Branch chief briefs Nashville District Crisis Action Team members at the Cumberland River Operations Center at Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry poses walks across the upper navigation lock gate during a tour of Old Hickory Dam Jan. 14, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invited the newly elected mayor More
Corps of Engineers and Tennessee National Guard officials escort Maj. Gen. Jeffrey H. Holmes, deputy adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, to a security checkpoint at the Old Hickory Dam during a s More
Jerry Breznican (Second from Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Emergency Management chief, briefs first responders in front of an Emergency Command and Control Vehicle during First Responde More
Project Manager Loren McDonald explains how hydropower works March 30, 2018 during a presentation about the ongoing work to rehabilitate the hydropower units in the Cumberland River Basin. She spoke to 36 kids More
A simulated victim, a newly acquired training dummy, dangles in a confined space June 14, 2018 at Old Hickory Hydropower Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn. Recognizing the importance of “taking care of people,” U.S More
Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger Courtney Eason of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District talks to Stratford STEM Magnet High School freshmen Feb. 27, 2014, about the navigation mission at Old Hickory More
Representatives from local, state and federal agencies board a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Emergency Command and Control Vehicle during a Silver Jackets meeting at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., April More
Corps employees and members of Team Cumberland pose with Old Hickory Dam and Power Plant in the background, Hendersonville, Tenn., Sept. 15, 2015. Team Cumberland toured the Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn. More
(From left) Jerry Breznican, Nashville District Emergency Management Branch chief talks with Kevin L. Jasper, acting chief, Programs and Project Delivery Branch at the Cumberland River Operations Center at OId More
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry stands on top of the Old Hickory Lock and looks downstream as the dam spills water into the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, Tennessee 5th District, addresses the media at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., March 29, 2016 during a joint media availability with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Congressm More
(Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, briefs soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard as a security assistance exercise kicks off to protect the Old Hic More
Tony Bivens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operations manager for the Nashville area, gives a safety briefing for a tour of Old Hickory Dam on “Bring Your Kids to Work Day” March 30, 2018. (U More
Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger Amy Redmond of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District talks to Stratford STEM Magnet High School freshmen Feb. 27, 2014, about the hydropower mission at Old Hickory Dam More
Richard Flood, a hazard mitigation specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 4 Mitigation Division, watches turbulent waters below Old Hickory Dam while touring the project during a Silver More
Robert “Bob” Sneed, Chief of the Water Management Section, Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, Engineering and Construction Division explains the Cumberland River Water Basin to members of Team Cumberland, represe More
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry arrives for a tour of the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant on the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted the mayor to work on establishing a good working More
Professional Engineer Michael Zoccola, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design Branch chief and dam safety officer, talks about the technical paper he prepared with preliminary analysis of More
Soldiers with the with the Tennessee National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company, 117th Military Police Battalion, 194th Engineer Brigade, participate in a briefing as a security assistance exercise kicks of More
First responders take a look at the spillway gates at Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River during a tour during First Responders Day held at the project in Old Hickory, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by L More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees pose with their children at Old Hickory Dam during a tour March 30, 2018 during "Bring Your Kids to Work Day." A total of 36 kids joined their parents f More
Joe Conatser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Old Hickory Power Plant superintendent, gives Nashville Mayor David Briley an overview of plant operations during a tour of the facility in Henderso More
Stratford STEM Magnet High School ninth graders watch a six-barge tow navigate through Old Hickory Lock Feb. 27, 2014, during a field trip at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project located on the Cumberland R More
Dirk Cundiff (left) and Chris Sherek (third from right) lead a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District tour of the Old Hickory Hydropower Plant for local, state and federal participants of a Silver Jack More
Participants of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division's Regional Leadership Development Program tour a Deployable Tactical Operations System at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Ten More
Freddie Bell (right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Nashville Area operations manager, and Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, brief Nashville More
Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses media at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., March 29, 2016 about misconceptions that have arisen about how a pro More
Soldiers with the with the Tennessee National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company, 117th Military Police Battalion, 194th Engineer Brigade, update Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashvil More
Participants of First Responders Day pose for a group photo on the lock wall of Old Hickory Dam during a tour of the project on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
Skeeter Deskins (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lockmaster at Old Hickory Lock, welcomes children participating in "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" in Old Hickory, Tenn., March 30, 2018. A More
Participants of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Bring Your Family to Work Day visit Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn., April 19, 2019. They learned about water ma More
A six-barge tow navigates through Old Hickory Lock Feb. 27, 2014 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project located on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn. Stratford STEM Magnet High School ninth graders More
Robert Baker, an environmental specialist with TDEC Division of Water Resources, looks at the hydropower units at the Old Hickory Power Plant during a tour of the facility in Hendersonville, Tenn., April 9, 201 More
Freddie Bell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Nashville Area operations manager, leads Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on a tour of the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant Jan. 14, 2016. The mayor learned More
Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general in Cincinnati, meets with a concerned local citizen at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., Ma More
Soldiers with the Tennessee National Guard’s 269th Military Police Company, 117th Military Police Battalion, 194th Engineer Brigade, clear a U.S. Postal Service worker delivering mail to the Corps of Engineers More
Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, interacts with U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Pete McAndrew, U.S. Marine Safety Detachment in Nashville, during a tour on top of O More
Camden Powell points toward the gates at Old Hickory Lock and asks his mom Janelle Powell, Resource Management budget analyst, questions about its operation. They participated in the U.S. Army Corps of Enginee More
Bobber the Water Safety Dog set a good example wearing a life jacket during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Bring Your Family to Work Day Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River in Old Hicko More
Big Picture High School Teachers Wayne Birch and Lakeshia Wright tour Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn., June 12, 2013. The teachers were participating in a teacher externship program w More
Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger Amy Redmond works with R. Evans, a freshman at Stratford STEM Magnet High School, to demonstrate how an inflatable life jacket is deployed during a field trip to Old Hickory Dam in More
Local, state and federal officials tour the Old Hickory Navigation Lock during a Silver Jackets meeting at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., April 9, 2014. Silver Jackets is a program that promotes cohesiv More
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry stands on top of Old Hickory Dam and looks downstream as the dam spills water into the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville More
Corps of Engineers and Tennessee National Guard officials escort Maj. Gen. Jeffrey H. Holmes, deputy adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, across Old Hickory Dam during a site visit to the facility More
Joe Conatser (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District power plant manager at Old Hickory Dam, leads a tour of first responders on top of the dam during First Responders Day at the project on the More
Parents and their children tour Old Hickory Lock during "Bring Your Kids to Work Day" in Old Hickory, Tenn., March 30, 2018. A total of 36 kids joined their parents for a tour of the dam, lock and power plant. More
Participants of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Bring Your Family to Work Day get onboard a Deployable Tactical Operations System at Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, T More
Dirk Cundiff (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District journeyman operator, explains how the corps provides clean energy at the Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant, June 12, 2013, while giving a tour More
Bob Sneed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management chief, talks to Stratford STEM Magnet High School ninth graders on a field trip at Old Hickory Dam Feb. 27, 2014, about the 10 lake pr More
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey H. Holmes, deputy adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, receives an update from 1st Lt. Sabrina Rumpf, officer in charge of securing the facility and platoon leader with the 269th More
Participants of First Responders Day pose for a group photo at the Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant during a tour of the project on the Cumberland River in Hendersonville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by L More
Old Hickory Dam Power Plant Superintendent Joseph Conatser explains how water from the reservoir enters gate-controlled intakes into the powerhouse, rotates the turbines, spins the turbines and produce the elec More
Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger John Baird helps kids practice throwing flotation devices, which are used to help rescue a person in the water. Participants learned about water safety during the U.S. Army Corps o More
Old Hickory Lock Park Ranger Charlie Leath (center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, pilots a patrol boat just upstream of Old Hickory Dam, June 12, 2013, to show Big Picture High School Teache More
Participants of First Responders Day tour the Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant at the project on the Cumberland River in Hendersonville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
Baron Worsham, civil engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Soils and Dam Safety Section, seeks a volunteer to help him with testing a model dam made of Legos. The kids participated in More
Kids participate in a practical exercise to learn about how development affects waterways and wetlands during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Bring Your Family to Work Day April 19, 2019 at More
Will Garner, senior hydropower plant operator, explains to the Lower Mekong Initiative contingent how hydroelectricity is generated during a visit to Old Hickory Power Plant in Hendersonville, Tenn. (USACE phot More
Big Picture High School Teachers Wayne Birch and Lakeshia Wright pose with Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Dam and Power Plant behind them. They were standing on the navigation lock of the Cumberland River, which p More
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey H. Holmes, deputy adjutant general for the Tennessee National Guard, and Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, confer June 20, 2016 during a secur More