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The Eagle and Phenix Dam was a stone dam on the Chattahoochee River, in downtown Columbus, Georgia. The dam was built in 1882 to power the Eagle and Phenix Textile Mill. [1] It was located just south of the 13th Street Bridge connecting Columbus to Phenix City, Alabama. The dam produced a 45-acre (18 ha) run of the river reservoir that extended ...
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]
It is 896 feet (273 m) long, and 56 feet (17 m) tall. The dam's license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was issued in May 2008, and expires in February 2039 which authorizes a capacity of 16,800 kW. [4] The construction of the dam changed the river upstream from a narrow river with rapids into a wetland. The wetland serves ...
For over three decades sharing the vast resources of the Chattahoochee fairly has confounded the Southeast and the Army Corps of Engineers.
The urban white water course in the heart of Columbus on the Chattahoochee is creating a healthy economy in Columbus. But data is limited on river health including fish populations.
Coosa River: Neely Henry Dam: Neely Henry Lake: Coosa River: North Highlands Dam: Bibb Pond: Chattahoochee River: Optimist Lake Dam Milkhouse Creek Reservoir Dog River Watershed Point A Dam: Point A Lake: Conecuh River: R.L. Harris Dam: Lake Wedowee (a. k. a. R.L. Harris Lake) Tallapoosa River: Robert F. Henry Lock and Dam: R.E."Bob" Woodruff ...
The dam itself is managed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The dam is made of earth and concrete, [5] supplemented by three saddle dikes, [1] and was built to provide a water source for the Atlanta area, power homes, and prevent flooding of the Chattahoochee River. [6] [7]
Georgia and Alabama are proposing a settlement to a long-running dispute over water flows in the Chattahoochee River, although the deal won't address objections from groups in Florida over how ...