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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and the Philadelphia Water Department are working to daylight Indian Creek, a tributary along the Cobbs Creek watershed. The project is designed to reduce combined sewage overflow and improve habitat.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and the Philadelphia Water Department are working to daylight Indian Creek, a tributary along the Cobbs Creek watershed. The project is designed to reduce combined sewage overflow and improve habitat.
USACE and PWD officials tour the project site at Indian Creek, a tributary of the Cobbs Creek watershed on April 5. The project is designed to reduce combined sewage overflow and improve habitat.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is repairing and painting the Summit Bridge along the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is repairing and painting the Summit Bridge along the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumped 667,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach at Brigantine, NJ. Work was completed in February of 2013 and is designed to reduce damages from coastal storms.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District completed construction in March of 2013 on the East Point Shoreline Protection Project in NJ. Work involved excavating the area, placing marine mattresses, and positioning gabion baskets (cages filled with rocks) on top of the mattresses and sediment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumped 667,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach at Brigantine, NJ. Work was completed in February of 2013 and is designed to reduce damages from coastal storms.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumped 667,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach at Brigantine, NJ. Work was completed in February of 2013 and is designed to reduce damages from coastal storms.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District maintains the Francis E. Walter Dam Reservoir in White Haven, Pa. The dam was built for flood control, but recreation is a secondary purpose. Each year, USACE schedules whitewater and fishery water releases as part of a recreation plan.
The stained glass window in the interior of the new Chapel Center at Dover Air Force Base. The new chapel was built by the Philadelphia District of the Army Corps of Engineers.
An Airman lights candles to signify the official beginning of using the Chapel Center for worship purposes. The Philadelphia District of the Army Corps of Engineers built the Chapel Center.
Philadelphia District Commander Lt. Col. Chris Becking (right) participates in the official ribbon cutting ceremony of the Chapel Center, along with Sen. Tom Carper (DE) and Rep. John Carney (DE-At large) and leadership from Dover Air Force Base.
The interior of the main sanctuary of the new Chapel Center. The new chapel was built by the Philadelphia District of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Diving in support of an underwater structural inspection mission at Naha Military Port, Okinawa Japan (home of the US Army's 835th Transportation Battalion) were USACE Forward Response Dive / Survey Team members (from left to right) Steve England of the USACE Philadelphia District, Andrew Rapp and Derrick Dunlap of the USACE San Francisco District and Adam Hamm of the USACE Buffalo District.
USACE Forward Response Dive/Survey Team members Steve England and Andrew Rapp await pick-up from a dive boat after completing an underwater evolution during their mission at Okinawa, Japan.
Fully geared up, Steve England of the USACE Forward Response Dive Team prepares to enter the water beginning his structural inspection dive at Naha Military Port in Okinawa, Japan.
A contractor checks the thickness of steel with an ultrasonic thickness gauge during repair work of the bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal. Wherever crews find spots corroded by more than half of the original thickness, workers weld steel plates to the existing structure.
Abhe & Svoboda Construction Manager Justin Kotalik points out a corroded section of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal from inside a cofferdam. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working to repair the bulkhead with innovative techniques rather than replace it.
Abhe & Svoboda Construction Manager Justin Kotalik (right) and Steve Rochette of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District view sections of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal from inside a cofferdam. The temporary watertight enclosures make repairs possible.
Rudy Sorrells, an inspector for Abhe & Svoboda, speaks with Monica Chasten, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District. Sorrells explains the operation of a desalination station used to produce freshwater for an ultra-high pressure wash of the steel bulkhead along the Point Pleasant Canal.
Moveable coffer dams, temporary watertight enclosures, are positioned against the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead, and contractors pump the area dry to expose the length of the steel bulkhead and make repairs possible.
Moveable coffer dams, temporary watertight enclosures, are positioned against the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead, and contractors pump the area dry to expose the length of the steel bulkhead and make repairs possible.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District and its contractor Abhe & Svoboda Inc. use a barge as a staging area during repair work of the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead.
Contractors from Abhe & Svoboda Inc. approach a barge along the Point Pleasant Canal bulkhead during a repair project. On both sides of the canal, the steel sheet-pile bulkhead protects development. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working to repair the bulkhead with innovative techniques rather than replace it.
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