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CAWA Presentation to Col. Byron Jorns

Cline — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:12:58 +0000

Members of the Coalition of Alabama Waterway Associations present Colonel Byron Jorns with print “The First USS Alabama” during the Mobile District Corps of Engineers Change of Command in May 2010. From left: Mike Tagert Tenn-Tom, Col. Jorns USACE, Jerry Sailors CARIA, Billy Houston Tri-Rivers, Wynn Fuller USACE, Larry Merrihew Warrior-Tom, and Cline Jones TRVA.

‘Pic of the Valley’ #5

Cline — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:51:47 +0000

This ‘Pic of the Valley’ is of the 110′x800′ Cheatham Lock on the Cumberland River during normal water conditions. The historic flooding that occurred at the beginning of May 2010 inundated the lock, including the elevated control rooms that can be seen in photo, damaging critical equipment that left the lock that provides navigation to the Nashville area and beyond inoperable. Cheatham Lock returned to restricted/limited service on Monday 24, 2010 at 6:00AM, with the first lockage in three weeks dedicated to providing the U.S. Coast Guard an opportunity to replace navigation aids, many of which were deposited in adjacent corn fields by the flood waters, to the Cumberland River between the Cheatham Lock and Gallatin, TN. The Coast Guard has successfully replaced the navigation aids between Cheatham and the Ohio River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aggressively working to return Cheatham to regular service using every electrician from every lock in the Nashville District in an effort that will replace every electrical wire in the system. Normal operations will not likely return before the 18th of June, dependent on equipment delivery and installation, when all of the critical components of the system can be tested and verified as fully functional.

‘Pic of the Valley’ #1

Cline — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:33:46 +0000

This ‘Pic of the Valley’ is Bald Eagle on tributary of the Tennessee River in Lawrence County Alabama.

‘Pic of the Valley’ #2

Cline — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:28:28 +0000

This ‘Pic of the Valley’ was taken not 500 yards from the banks of the Tennessee after a recent snowfall where it was believed only a couple of deer were standing. How many do you see? At least 8, maybe 9?

‘Pic of the Valley’ #3

Cline — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:22:06 +0000

This ‘Pic of the Valley’ is of the Wilson Dam at Tennessee River Mile 259, the first dam built across the Tennessee River. Construction of Wilson Dam began in 1918 and was completed in 1924 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Tennessee Valley Authority aquired Wilson with the adoption of the TVA Act of 1933. The dam is 137 feet high and stretches 4,541 feet across the Tennessee River. In the foreground is the powerhouse. With 21 generating units, Wilson is the largest conventional hydroelectric power plant in the TVA system, with a 675 megawatt capacity. For more than 8 decades, Wilson Dam has provided the citizens of the Tennessee Valley with a low cost, environmentally friendly source of renewable energy. In the background is the 110 feet by 600 feet main lock that on average passes 12 million tons of commodities annually. With a maximum lift of 100 feet, it is the highest single stage lift lock east of the Rockies. Wilson Reservoir provides 166 miles of shoreline and 15,500 acres of water surface for recreation.

‘Pic of the Valley’ #4

Cline — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:17:07 +0000

This ‘Pic of the Valley’ is of the Delta Mariner squeezing into the 110′x600′ Wheeler Lock. Wheeler is the first of 4 Tennessee River Navigation Locks the Mariner will transit on its way to the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Built to safely transport sensitive high value cargo on both inland rivers and open oceans, the 312 feet long by 85 feet wide 8,000 horsepower Mariner is the largest vessel to operate on our Nations’ Inland Waterway System. The Delta Mariner transports Atlas and Delta rocket components that are critical to our nations’ space program and national security from the United Launch Alliance Assembly Facility on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Alabama to launch sites in Florida and California, extremely valuable cargo that is too large to efficiently transport by highway or rail.

Lt. Colonel Anthony Mitchell Assumes Command of USACE Nashville District

Cline — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:28:28 +0000

MG John Peabody, Mike Wilson, LTC Mitchell

U.S. Congressman Parker Griffith (AL 5th) Visits Wilson Lock

Cline — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:20:50 +0000

Mike Wilson USACE, Rep. Griffith, Jim Davis USACE

Melton Hill Lock and Dam

Cline — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000

Melton Hill Lock and Dam on Clinch River

Jan Jones & Zach Wamp

Cline — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:34:29 +0000