OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Jan. 14, 2016) — Mayor Megan Barry visited Old Hickory Dam on behalf of the constituents of Music City today to visit with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials to learn more about the purposes of Corps projects in the area and to tour the dam. She received mission briefings and asked questions during her visit. Here are more photos of the visit.
Freddie Bell (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Nashville Area operations manager, and Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, brief Nashville Mayor Megan Barry about hydropower operations during a tour of the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant on the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Freddie Bell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Nashville Area operations manager, leads Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on a tour of the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant Jan. 14, 2016. The mayor learned about how the Corps of Engineers generates hydroelectric power at its projects in the Cumberland River Basin. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Nashville Mayor Megan Barry arrives for a tour of the Old Hickory Dam Power Plant on the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted the mayor to work on establishing a good working relationship early on during her first year serving the citizens of Davidson County. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Nashville Mayor Megan Barry stands on top of Old Hickory Dam and looks downstream as the dam spills water into the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Ben Rohrbach, Nashville District chief of Hydraulics and Hydrology, provide information about the district’s water management operations. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Nashville Mayor Megan Barry poses with Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, during a tour of Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2015. The mayor received an overview of the Nashville District, which included information about flood risk management, navigation, hydropower, emergency management, and recreation. Barry became the 7th mayor of Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Sept. 25, 2016. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Nashville Mayor Megan Barry stands on top of the Old Hickory Lock and looks downstream as the dam spills water into the Cumberland River Jan. 14, 2016. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Lock Operator Johnny Barton briefs Nashville Mayor Megan Barry about how he helps commercial and recreational vessels navigate up and down the Cumberland River through Old Hickory Dam. The mayor toured the dam and received a mission briefing Jan. 14, 2016. (Photo by Lee Roberts)Nashville Mayor Megan Barry poses walks across the upper navigation lock gate during a tour of Old Hickory Dam Jan. 14, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invited the newly elected mayor to learn about Corps missions and respond to her questions. (Photo by Lee Roberts)
