摘要: |
Gen. Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visited the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on February 3 to meet with project managers and engineers and get a better understanding of the ongoing construction. Alkali aggregate reactions present in the concrete since the existing lock's original 1940 construction have resulted in concrete growth and cracking throughout the structure. As a result, a new lock chamber is being built at the dam on the Tennessee River, seven miles upstream of Chattanooga, Tenn., at Tennessee River Mile 471. Spellmon welcomed U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee, and they received a project update, toured the existing lock and then moved inside the cofferdam to get an up-close view of work crews placing concrete to build a monolith for the new 110- by 600-foot lock. |