C. H. Corn Hydroelectric Generating Station is a hydroelectric dam on

Lake Talquin Lake Talquin is a reservoir located on the Ochlockonee River between Leon County, Florida, Leon County and Gadsden County, Florida, Gadsden County in north Florida. The lake, located about 10 miles (15 km) west of Tallahassee, is south of Int ...

and the

Ochlockonee River The Ochlockonee River ( ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Talquin in Florida, originating in Georgia and flowing for before terminating in Florida. Background The name is from the Hitchiti language wor ...

Leon County, Florida Leon County () is a County (United States), county in the Florida Panhandle, Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population w ...

. Constructed in 1929 as the Jackson Bluff Dam by West Florida Power Company, the plant was operated until 1970 at which time the power plant was abandoned and the dam transferred to the Florida Department of Natural Resources, until 1981 at which point it was taken over by the City of Tallahassee and resumed operation in 1985. The plant is one of only two hydroelectric plants in the state of Florida. In 2017 the city proposed "mothballing" the power plant. State and federal officials have raised objections to this due to water flow for fish species. Among others

Gulf sturgeon The Gulf sturgeon (''Acipenser desotoi'') is a species of sturgeon endemic to the southeastern United States. An anadromous fish, it inhabits the Gulf of Mexico and spawns in a number of rivers that drain into it, from southern Florida west to east ...

Striped bass The striped bass (''Morone saxatilis''), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has ...

, and

Alabama shad The Alabama shad (''Alosa alabamae'') is an anadromous species of alosid fish endemic to the United States where it breeds in medium to large flowing rivers from the Mississippi River drainage to the Suwannee River, Florida, as well as some othe ...

swim through the river, along with the only known population of

Ochlockonee moccasinshell The Ochlockonee moccasinshell (''Medionidus simpsonianus'') is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels. This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. ...

. Additionally, concerns over safety and flood mitigation have been raised by county and federal officials.

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{{reflist Dams in Florida Buildings and structures in Leon County, Florida Dams completed in 1929 1929 establishments in Florida