City Mills Company, Dam, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
Summary
Significance: The south face of the dam was documented after breaching in 2013. The construction of the dam revealed by breaching is typical of stone gravity dams. Large irregular stones were stacked in a horizontal orientation with smaller stones packed into interstices. The whole assembly was heavily grouted to prevent leaks.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1483
Survey number: HAER GA-25-A
Building/structure dates: 1904-1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 2013 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
LandAir Surveying, Inc., contractor
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Columbus (Ga.), 32.48517, -84.99139
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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