- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Cordele, Georgia, after 1930
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1931/1970
- Subject:
- Hydroelectric power--Georgia--Cordele
Water power--Georgia--Cordele
Hydraulic facilities--Georgia--Cordele
Lakes and ponds--Georgia--Cordele
Rivers--Georgia
Government facilities--Georgia--Crisp County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Crisp County, Cordele, 31.96351, -83.78239
United States, Georgia, Crisp County, Lake Blackshear, 31.947423, -83.929433
United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Flint River, 30.7088, -84.86381 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of the Hydroelectric plant on the Flint River in Cordele, Georgia.
Cordele Georgia, founded in 1888, is the county seat of Crisp County. The city was named after Colonel Samuel Hawkins' (president of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroads) eldest daughter. Cordele is also known as the "Watermelon Capitol of the World." - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.239.06
ahc082239006a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1687
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
