On Thursday, Aug. 25,  A. O. Smith Corp., held a celebration and ribbon cutting in Ashland City, Tennessee, recognizing the completion of a 7,000-foot earthen berm, designed to protect the company's Ashland City manufacturing plant, the city's water treatment facility, and the CEMC substation from future flooding disasters. 

More than 100 people gathered to help A. O. Smith celebrate this milestone project, marking a 12-year collaboration among the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Cheatham County, town of Ashland City and A. O. Smith.