City Mills Dam was a dam on the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
, between
Downtown Columbus, Georgia, and
Phenix City, Alabama
Phenix City is a city in Lee and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the county seat of Russell County. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 38,817.
Phenix City lies immediately west across the Chattahoochee R ...
. The dam was built in 1907 to power the City Mills
grist mill. Previously, a wooden dam dating to 1828 had existed at the site. The dam impounded a run of the river reservoir of approximately .
The City of
Columbus, Georgia, breached the dam on March 12, 2013, to create an urban whitewater area on the river.
See also
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Eagle & Phenix Dam
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. It was located just south of the 13th Street Bridge connecting Columbus to Ph ...
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List of dam removals in Alabama
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List of dam removals in Georgia (U.S. state)
References
External links
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Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Columbus, Muscogee County, GA:
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Buildings and structures in Columbus, Georgia
Buildings and structures in Muscogee County, Georgia
Buildings and structures in Russell County, Alabama
Dams completed in 1907
Dams in Alabama
Dams in Georgia (U.S. state)
Historic American Engineering Record in Georgia (U.S. state)
United States local public utility dams
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