Eagle & Phenix P-2655

General information
Waterway	Chattahoochee River
Current status	Removed
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river
Type of permit	FERC License
Year built	1868
Year retired	2011
Year removed	2012
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2655
Ownership and operation
Owner	Matthew D. Swift WC Bradley Co.
Transmission or distribution system owner	Georgia Power Co

The Eagle and Phenix Dam was a stone dam on the Chattahoochee River, in downtown Columbus, Georgia. The dam was built in 1882 to power the Eagle and Phenix Textile Mill.^[1] It was located just south of the 13th Street Bridge which connects Columbus to Phenix City, Alabama. The dam produced a 45-acre (18 ha) run of the river reservoir that eextened approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) upstream.

The Eagle and Phenix Dam site is now owned by the City of Columbus. The dam was breached during March 2012 in order to restore natural flowing conditions. This was to create an urban whitewater park along the river.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_%26_Phenix_Dam

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