United States, Georgia, Columbia County, 33.54412, -82.26406Owens, Hubert B.1962Located at: On the Savannah River, 22 miles northwest of Augusta, Ga.Constructed from 1946 to 1954 for $79 million, the dam stands about 200 feet high by 5,680 feet long, a concrete causeway flanked by earth embankments. It is one of a series of dams built by the Army Corps of Engineers on the Savannah River for flood control, hydro-electric power, and to ensure a minimum river flow at the Savannah River Site of the Department of Energy. Inside the powerhouse are seven turbine/generator assemblies, each capable of producing 44 Megawatts.Slide annotated: "Ga. Rural, Clard Hill Dam."Date of structure: 1946.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/United States. Army. Corps of EngineersConcreteDamsHydraulic structuresArchitecture--Georgia--Columbia CountyClarks Hill Dam (Columbia County, Ga.)J. Strom Thurmond Project at Clarks Hill (Columbia County, Ga.)Thurmond Lake (Columbia County, Ga.)StillImage