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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).
North Highlands Dam is a structure on the Chattahoochee River at the northern edge of the Columbus, Georgia, United States. It is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north of 9th Avenue in downtown Columbus. [1] The dam was built in 1899 to provide power for the former Bibb City Mill. It was one of the first large dams constructed in the South. [2]
The Crisp County Power Dam, also known as the Warwick Dam, was the first county owned, constructed, and operated power dam in the United States, requiring an amendment to the Georgia State Constitution to make the project legally possible. [2] It came online in August, 1930, under the authority of the Crisp County Power Commission. [3]
Pages in category "Dams in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The dam was built in 1908 to provide electricity for the former Langdale Mills, and is now owned and operated by Georgia Power. It produces an average of 1 megawatt of hydroelectric power. [1] The river here lies entirely on the Georgia side of the state line, but the dam itself does enter into Alabama territory.
Timber crib dams were erected of heavy timbers or dressed logs in the manner of a log house and the interior filled with earth or rubble. The heavy crib structure supported the dam's face and the weight of the water. Splash dams were timber crib dams used to help float logs downstream in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Those temperatures were made 500 times more likely because of human-induced climate change, according to the CSI Ocean tool. Hurricane Beryl was 400 times more likely. Hurricane Beryl was 400 ...
Hydroelectric power stations in Georgia (country) (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Dams in Georgia (country)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.