Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 06.28.2017
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Nickajack Lock at Tennessee River mile 424.7 in Jasper, Tenn., Saturday, July 15, 2017. Click on the link below for more information and to register! The deadline to register is July 6, 2017....
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 03.25.2015
The Delta Queen locks through Nickajack Lock in Jasper, Tenn., March 25, 2015. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 01.06.2015
A towboat brings a tow northbound into Nickajack Lock Jan. 6, 2015. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 09.18.2014
Navy vessel LST 325 enters Nickajack Lock Sept. 18, 2014. (USACE photo by Paul Weaver)
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.19.2013
This is the Hales Bar Dam power plant building in Haletown, Tenn., taken from across the Tennessee River at the crumbling navigation lock, Dec. 19, 2013, on the bank of the Tennessee River in Jasper, Tenn. Hales Bar Dam opened in 1913 and the project was the first to provide hydropower in the world. The dam ceased operations in 1968 when Nickajack Dam opened a few miles downstream. One......
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.19.2013
This is the Hales Bar Dam power plant building in Haletown, Tenn., taken from across the Tennessee River at the crumbling navigation lock, Dec. 19, 2013, on the bank of the Tennessee River in Jasper, Tenn. Hales Bar Dam opened in 1913 and the project was the first to provide hydropower in the world. The dam ceased operations in 1968 when Nickajack Dam opened a few miles downstream. One......
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.19.2013
This is the Hales Bar Dam power plant building in Haletown, Tenn., taken from across the Tennessee River at the crumbling navigation lock, Dec. 19, 2013, on the bank of the Tennessee River in Jasper, Tenn. Hales Bar Dam opened in 1913 and the project was the first to provide hydropower in the world. The dam ceased operations in 1968 when Nickajack Dam opened a few miles downstream. One......
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.19.2013
This is the crumbling Hales Bar Navigation Lock Dec. 19, 2013, on the bank of the Tennessee River in Jasper, Tenn. Hales Bar Dam opened in 1913 and the project was the first to provide hydropower in the world. The dam ceased operations in 1968 when Nickajack Dam opened a few miles downstream. One hundred years later, the region looks back and remembers life at Hales Bar Dam and Navigation......