WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:04.050 Yeah . Mhm . Okay . 00:09.340 --> 00:11.860 Mhm . Yeah . Yeah . 00:16.040 --> 00:18.130 The U . S . Army Corps of Engineers 00:18.130 --> 00:20.297 Nashville District Maintenance Support 00:20.297 --> 00:22.660 Team completed a four day shoreline 00:22.660 --> 00:25.240 restoration project at Old Hickory Late 00:25.250 --> 00:27.520 to preserve the historic Rock Castle 00:27.520 --> 00:29.810 Slave Cemetery in Hendersonville 00:29.810 --> 00:32.860 Tennessee . The shoreline was carefully 00:32.860 --> 00:34.416 reshaped to prepare for the 00:34.416 --> 00:37.630 installation of 180 tons of riprap 00:37.640 --> 00:41.130 about five ft deep Along 190 00:41.130 --> 00:43.930 linear feet of shoreline to prevent 00:43.940 --> 00:46.530 erosion caused by waves that would hit 00:46.540 --> 00:48.318 and undercut the banks as motor 00:48.318 --> 00:50.950 vehicles passed through the area . When 00:50.950 --> 00:53.070 we got here the bank was undermined , 00:53.070 --> 00:55.640 it was very obvious he proceeded with 00:55.650 --> 00:58.170 cutting away back to the good soil and 00:58.170 --> 00:59.781 then we started playing rock 01:00.840 --> 01:02.784 maintenance personnel on board the 01:02.784 --> 01:05.240 motor vessel Iraq Coy and local park 01:05.240 --> 01:07.240 rangers were able to remove several 01:07.240 --> 01:09.730 large trees and other vegetation from 01:09.730 --> 01:12.060 the shoreline to create a clear and 01:12.060 --> 01:14.227 level surface for placement of the rip 01:14.227 --> 01:18.040 rap . This project started um on monday 01:18.040 --> 01:20.650 afternoon july the 19th and we were 01:20.650 --> 01:22.761 able to get it finished a lot quicker 01:22.761 --> 01:24.872 than what we had originally scheduled 01:24.872 --> 01:26.872 just due to the conditions of being 01:26.872 --> 01:29.094 able to shut the barges up close to the 01:29.094 --> 01:28.330 bank a lot closer than what we had 01:28.330 --> 01:30.219 originally planned out and gone . 01:31.240 --> 01:33.296 Archaeologists and park rangers with 01:33.296 --> 01:35.129 the Corps of Engineers have been 01:35.129 --> 01:37.240 monitoring the shoreline close to the 01:37.240 --> 01:39.560 historic Rock Castle Slave Cemetery for 01:39.560 --> 01:42.640 over 20 years to ensure preservation of 01:42.640 --> 01:46.140 the site for several years , They have 01:46.140 --> 01:48.307 been requesting to get federal funding 01:48.307 --> 01:50.362 to be able to shore up the lake line 01:50.362 --> 01:52.529 because there wasn't any type of stone 01:52.529 --> 01:54.584 or rip rap that was here Over time . 01:54.584 --> 01:56.807 People have an erosion in the bank kept 01:56.807 --> 01:58.807 creeping further and further back . 01:58.807 --> 02:00.640 Such to the point that there was 02:00.640 --> 02:02.862 concern that it could eventually a road 02:02.862 --> 02:04.973 back to where some of the slaves from 02:04.973 --> 02:04.960 Rock Castle are married . So in order 02:04.960 --> 02:07.127 to try to honor their burial place and 02:07.127 --> 02:09.016 there remains . That was a really 02:09.016 --> 02:11.071 important job to try to get get this 02:11.071 --> 02:13.182 short up pictures of the bank doesn't 02:13.182 --> 02:14.682 roll back any further . An 02:14.682 --> 02:16.682 archaeologist with the U . S . Army 02:16.682 --> 02:18.849 Corps of Engineers Louisville district 02:18.849 --> 02:20.682 oversaw the shoreline cleanup to 02:20.682 --> 02:22.571 guarantee cultural resources were 02:22.571 --> 02:24.460 undisturbed . We've had different 02:24.460 --> 02:26.404 people with the Corps of Engineers 02:26.404 --> 02:28.571 archaeology section come out to try to 02:28.571 --> 02:30.571 survey the area around to make sure 02:30.571 --> 02:32.682 that there wasn't anybody . But given 02:32.682 --> 02:34.793 how long ago they were buried and the 02:34.793 --> 02:36.960 condition that they were in is kind of 02:36.960 --> 02:38.738 difficult to determine with the 02:38.738 --> 02:40.793 undercutting that's happening to the 02:40.793 --> 02:40.770 lake . And it's due mostly to boat 02:40.770 --> 02:42.881 traffic rocking up on the shores . It 02:42.881 --> 02:44.937 was just continuously undercutting , 02:44.937 --> 02:47.159 hitting this bank , hitting this bank . 02:47.159 --> 02:49.326 And while it was believed that most of 02:49.326 --> 02:51.326 the slaves were buried a little bit 02:51.326 --> 02:53.659 further up the bank , it wasn't certain . 02:53.659 --> 02:53.380 So that was what we were here to 02:53.390 --> 02:55.446 prevent from getting any worse . The 02:55.446 --> 02:57.390 Corps of Engineers understands the 02:57.390 --> 02:59.446 cultural dynamic of the cemetery and 02:59.446 --> 03:01.668 takes great pride in being part of this 03:01.668 --> 03:03.834 important bank stabilization project . 03:04.040 --> 03:06.440 I always like being able to produce a 03:06.440 --> 03:08.710 product that our stakeholders can share 03:08.720 --> 03:11.360 and and view and see that we are making 03:11.740 --> 03:13.907 the difference in what we do . It just 03:13.907 --> 03:16.073 feels good to do something like this . 03:16.940 --> 03:19.107 This is misty Cunningham reporting for 03:19.107 --> 03:21.060 the Corps of Engineers Nashville 03:21.060 --> 03:22.060 District . 03:31.840 --> 03:35.120 Yeah , yeah .