- Collection:
- Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
- Title:
- Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA
- Creator:
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Contributor to Resource:
- Columbus Electric & Power Company,
Columbus Railroad Company,
Coweta Falls Facotry,
Eagle Mill,
Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Company,
Gas Light Company of Columbus,
Howard Manufacturing Comany,
Muscogee Manufacturing Company,
Baldwin, George J,
Bridges, Jonathan,
Brooks, William,
Carter, Farish,
Echols, Josephus,
Hardaway, B H, - Date of Original:
- 1933/9999
- Subject:
- Columbus (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
dams
hydraulic engineering
war (Civil War)
textile industry
slavery
railroad companies
public utilities
manufacturing - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
- Medium:
- photographs
field notes - Type:
- Still Image
Text - Description:
- Photo(s): 23 | Measured Drawing(s): 2 | Data Page(s): 43
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made Columbus one of the leading industrial centers within the South, attracting investors and entrepreneurs. As early as 1828 the river powered a grist mill and by the 1840s it supplied power for several textile mills. By 1880 Muscogee h.p. per sq. mile was greater than any other county south of New York. Conversion of that power to electricity began with arc lighting in 1880. The first central station hydroelectric plant started operating in 18894. Since that date, four other dams (1900, 1911, 1928, and 1959) harness the Falls of the Chattahoochee developing 115,000 kilowatts.
Survey number: HAER GA-22
Building/structure dates: 1828 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1834- 1899 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1900- 1924 Subsequent Work - Local Identifier:
- HAER GA,108-COLM,16-
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/ga0267/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
- Original Collection:
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
