City Mills Dam


City Mills Dam was a dam on the Chattahoochee River, between Downtown Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama. The dam was built in 1907 to power the City Mills grist mill. Previously, a wooden dam dating to 1828 had existed at the site. The dam impounded a run of the river reservoir of approximately.
The City of Columbus, Georgia breached the dam on March 12, 2013 to create an urban whitewater area on the river.