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  • August

    Frederick A. Hinman was the third officer in charge of what would later become the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He became the officer in charge of the United States Engineer Office in Norfolk on March 16, 1884. During that time, he improved the approach to Norfolk Harbor and the navy yard between Lambert’s Point and Fort Norfolk and cleared sunken vessels that obstructed navigation in Virginia and North Carolina. Hinman left the Norfolk office in June of 1887. (U.S. Army photo)

    Norfolk District 135: Frederick A. Hinman

    Frederick A. Hinman removed sunken vessels “obstructing or endangering navigation,” including the barge Albemarle near Hog Island lighthouse in Virginia, the schooner Maria and Elizabeth near Cape Charles lighthouse in Virginia, the schooner Tarry Not near Craney Island near the mouth of the Nansemond River, the schooner Anthea Godfrey in “Lynn Haven Roads, Virginia” [sic] (which was destroyed by explosives after having shown the wreck and cargo were valueless), and the steamer Concord, which was burned and sunk in the Pamplico River near Washington, North Carolina.
  • Martis Creek Lake on July 30, 2014

    Practice makes perfect as Corps conducts emergency exercise at Martis Creek Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District hosted a tabletop emergency exercise for Martis Creek Dam July 30 to bring together representatives from more than a dozen federal, state and local agencies to discuss what their response would and should be during an emergency.
  • One of two wind turbines on Fort Buchanan stands next to one of its many solar installations. The two wind turbines will produce an estimated 5 percent of the energy consumed by the installation, and a total of 21,824 solar photovoltaic panels will produce about 5.5 megawatts of power, which is at least 60 percent of the installation’s current power demand at its peak production.

    Energy Savings Performance Contract sets Fort Buchanan on path toward achieving Army's Net Zero goals

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ first and only Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) to include
  • Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, is lowered into Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., to inspect the lock gate and miter seal after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction early in the morning July 28, 2014.

    Dive team demonstrates its quick-response capability

    COUNCE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2014) – When a gate at Pickwick Lock malfunctioned early this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Dive Team demonstrated its quick-response capability when it organized a dive into the lock to troubleshoot the situation just hours after being notified.
  • Gary Davis, regulatory official at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Western Regulatory Field Office in Decatur, Ala., looks at files at the office July 29, 2014.

    Same service but new location for Western Regulatory Field Office

    DECATUR, Ala. (Aug. 1, 2014) – The Nashville District’s Western Regulatory Field Office relocated this week to a new location in Decatur, Ala. Its staff assists with processing permits pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act in the Tennessee River Basin from Guntersville Dam to Kentucky Dam.