Story by Bill Peoples | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 03.02.2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 2, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announced today that it is continuing its flood control operation by using flood control storage in Lake Barkley to help mitigate the ongoing flood event on the Ohio River. This may cause minor high water impacts to communities along the Cumberland River in Lyon and Trigg Counties in Kentucky, and Stewart......
Story by Bill Peoples | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 09.13.2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is hosting the annual Lake Barkley Duck Blind Drawing Monday, Sept. 19, 2016 at the Barkley Tailwater Shelter. It is adjacent to Barkley Powerhouse at Kuttawa, Ky., in Lyon County....
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 08.20.2016
GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2016) – Barkley Dam, a symbol of progress in western Kentucky, turned 50 today with fanfare, remembrances and special tributes during a commemoration ceremony at the Badgett Playhouse Theater and reception at the community center....
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 08.09.2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 9, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is inviting the public to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Barkley Dam during a ceremony 11 a.m. Aug. 20, 2016 at the Spillway Shelter below the dam. The project is named after the late Alben W. Barkley, attorney, county judge, United States senator, and 35th vice president of the United States....
Story by Bill Peoples | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 07.14.2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently awarded a contract to construct an accessible fishing access sidewalk in the Barkley Dam tailwater area. Work on this project begins today and will continue for approximately six months....
Story by Bill Peoples | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 05.16.2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is offering the public free guided tours of Lake Barkley’s Powerhouse, Lock and Natural Resource Management Office. Approximately two hours in length, tours are scheduled June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16, 2014, with tour start times of 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 2 p.m....
Story by Fred Tucker | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 12.06.2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Barkley Hydropower Plant Unit 1 here is back in operation after a phase-to-ground fault caused a fire that damaged the 32.5 Megawatt generator stator windings in Dec. 19, 2010....
Story by Mark Rankin | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 02.28.2013
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District employees at the Lake Barkley Resource Center, Lock and Dam hosted students and faculty from the University of Tennessee at Martin Hydrology and Hydraulics class for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math tour today....
