Langdale Dam is a lowhead 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 ...

just south of Langdale, Alabama. The dam was built in 1908 to provide electricity for the former Langdale Mills, and is now owned and operated by

Georgia Power Georgia Power is an electric utility headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was established as the Georgia Railway and Power Company and began operations in 1902 running streetcars in Atlanta as a successor to the Atlanta Consolida ...

. It produces an average of 1 megawatt of hydroelectric power. The river here lies entirely on the Georgia side of the state line, but the dam itself does enter into Alabama territory.

has applied for permission to remove Langdale Dam in 2023.

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Langdale Buildings and structures in Chambers County, Alabama Dams in Alabama Dams in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Harris County, Georgia Georgia Power dams Dams completed in 1914 {{US-dam-stub