Video by Michael Jordan | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 06.10.2024
Seventeen of the cannons found during dredging of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project were transported to Texas A&M Conservation Research Lab in January 2023 for restoration. Since that time the lab has been working to bring the cannon back to as close to their original form as possible. The cannons are a significant find and tell a story about Savannah history, and getting them restored and......
Video by Emily Klinkenborg | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 04.11.2023
Alex Gregory, a biologist and resource manager from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District planning branch, demonstrates how to test the water quality of the Dredged Material Containment Area weirs that are located along the Savannah River, April 11, 2023....
Video by Emily Klinkenborg | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 03.23.2023
Mary Richards and Robin Armetta, two biologists in the Savannah District planning branch, visit the Dredge Material Containment Areas every two weeks to observe and survey the species enjoying the habitat the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provide for them....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Howie | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 09.13.2017
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Tybee conduct a post Hurricane Irma storm assessment of the navigational aids in the Port of Savannah, Ga., Sept. 13, 2017. One of ANT Tybee's top priorities immediately following a storm is to have the Savannah River open and safe for mariners to operate through the waterways. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber......
Video by Jeremy Buddemeier | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 02.17.2017
Contractors with De Moya / Continental Joint Venture have completed 32 percent of a Savannah Harbor Expansion Project feature to remove the 1970s-era tide gate structure. Here, workers use a wire cutter to break the structure into smaller pieces. In addition to removing the tide gate structure, contractors will return the Back River to its original width. To accomplish this, excavators and......
Video by Jeremy Buddemeier | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 12.14.2016
Workers delivered four Speece cones to the downriver Dissolved Oxygen Injection System site, Dec. 14, 2016. The Speece cones, which are 22 feet tall, 12 feet in diameter at the base, and weigh more than 11 tons, force oxygen into river water and ensure current levels of dissolved oxygen are maintained before the shipping channel is deepened. The system is scheduled to be operational......
Video by Chelsea Smith | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 06.02.2016
Educators from schools in Chatham, Effingham and Bryan Counties in Georgia participate in a Teachers Institute hosted by Georgia Tech Univerity in Savannah. The institute provided teachers in a variety of disciplines ideas to incorporate archaeolgy into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lessons. The lessons, geared for middle and high school teachers included classroom,......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 07.25.2015
This drone footage was taken from Old Fort Jackson where the Civil War Ironclad CSS Georgia is currently being recovered adjacent to the fort from the barge in the Savannah River. The imagery was captured during the “CSS Georgia ‘Raise the Wreck!’ Festival,” a public event held July 25, 2015 at Old Fort Jackson in Savannah, Ga. More than 1,300 people attended this free event. The......
