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The Flood Control Act of 1966 authorized construction of a new reservoir on the Savannah River to be named Trotters Shoals Lake and Dam. The lake and dam were renamed in 1987 after Georgia senator Richard Brevard Russell Jr. in the same bill that also renamed Clarks Hill Lake to Lake Strom Thurmond. Construction on the new dam began in 1974 and ...
J. Strom Thurmond Dam, [1] also known in Georgia as Clarks Hill Dam, is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located 22 miles (35 km) north of Augusta, Georgia on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Strom Thurmond. U.S. Route 221 (and Georgia State Route 150 on the Georgia side of the state line) cross it.
The dam is constructed of rock and earth and is the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi River. The dam has a diversion tunnel that is 2,407 feet (734 m). It is a horseshoe shape with a bottom width of 23 feet (7.0 m). [2] The lake is the deepest manmade reservoir east of the Mississippi River and deepest lake in Georgia.
Many residents of both states were upset by the sudden change of name of the lake and the dam, which had not been open to public comment. [8] In response, a group of Georgia legislators, led by Representative Doug Barnard, Jr. (who was the only Georgia co-sponsor of the original 1987 bill) introduced a federal bill to rename the lake as "Clarks ...
Buford Dam is a dam in Buford, Georgia which is located at the southern end of Lake Lanier, [4] a reservoir formed by the construction of the dam in 1956. The dam itself is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
The dam underwent an extensive upgrade in 1963, when the old powerhouses were replaced with a four-unit power generator house capable of producing 29,600 kilowatts (39,700 hp). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The North Highlands Dam impounds Bibb Pond, which has 131 acres (53 ha) of surface water, with 3 miles (4.8 km) of shoreline, at a crest elevation of 269 ...
Hartwell Dam is a concrete and embankment dam located on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Hartwell. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1955 and 1962 for the purposes of flood control, hydropower and navigation. The concrete and earthen structure spans 15,840 feet (4,828 m).
Harriet Strong made a study about the shortage of water, including the control of floodwaters and water storage. She advocated source conservation as a flood remedy, proposing a succession of dams in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River to conserve the water for irrigation purposes and the generation of electricity. On Dec. 6, 1887, she was ...