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A broken stem on one of two emptying valves at Kentucky Lock will require a closure during daylight hours beginning September 6. The closure at the lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, is expected to continue until September 26. Traffic will be able to pass through the chamber from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. During the closures, vessels are encouraged to use Barkley Lock via the Barkley Canal, according to the navigation notice sent by Brian Man-grum, the Nashville Engineer District's chief of the maintenance section technical support branch. Caleb Skinner, lockmaster for both Kentucky and Barkiey locks, said a crew was doing a normal inspection a little less than two months ago when they discovered the valve stem had bent. As it had been hne earlier in the day, they know exactly which day it occurred. "We are going to repair that valve stem and, hopefully, during that time discover what was the cause of the valve being bent and the operating machinery not being able to be used," he said. |