Big Lake Dam, Fourth Street, South of Atlantic Avenue, Marietta, Cobb County, GA

Significance: This straight-crested gravity storage dame demonstrates an early use of concrete construction in Georgia and is perhaps the earliest identified concrete dam in the state. The dam measures some 550' in length, making it one of the longest dams in the state as well. The dam and the lake it impounds were built to provide water to the city of Marietta and water and power to the Marietta Paper Manufacturing Company, and entity owned by the dam's builder, the Georgia Manufacturing & Public Service Company. The dam and reservoir operated for less than 20 years and only provided water to Marietta for about three years. The standpipes, pumps, underground pipes, associated machinery, and plant in Marietta no longer survive. Big Lake Dam and Big Lake are a rare example in Georgia of a fairly large-scale water impoundment facility constructed for a small municipality.

Survey number: HAER GA-116

Building/structure dates: 1906 Initial Construction

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