Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 05.10.2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 10, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority invite the public for a free tour of Wheeler Lock and Tennessee River mile 274.9 in Rogersville, Ala., Saturday, July 21, 2018. Four groups of 25 will be able to tour the facility at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. Central Time. Pre-registration is required for all......
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 08.05.1961
The stages of the Saturn I are loaded Aug. 5, 1961, onto the barge, Compromise, to complete the journey from Marshall to Cape Canaveral for final assembly and launch of the first Saturn. (Photo courtesy of NASA)...
Photo by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 07.06.1961
This is a view of the collapsed lock wall taken July 6, 1961, at Wheeler Lock on the Tennessee River in Rogersville, Alabama. The photo was included in a TVA report titled “Wheeler Lock Failure” written in November 1961. The report concluded that a thin seam of clay located within a shale band in the bedrock caused the failure. (TVA Photo)...
