Jim Woodruff Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the

Apalachicola River The Apalachicola River is a river, approximately long, in the state of Florida. The river's large drainage basin, watershed, known as the ACF River Basin, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee and Flint (ACF) River Basin, drains an area of approximately ...

, about south of that river's origin at the confluence of the

Flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...

and Chattahoochee Rivers. The dam impounds

Lake Seminole Lake Seminole (, ) is a reservoir located in the southwest corner of Georgia along its border with Florida, maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Chattahoochee and Flint rivers join in the lake, before flowing from the Jim Woodr ...

on the common border of Florida and Georgia. The dam is named in honor of James W. Woodruff, Sr., a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

businessman who spearheaded the development of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Project. Electricity from the dam is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration.

References

Dams in Florida Dams in Georgia (U.S. state) Buildings and structures in Decatur County, Georgia Buildings and structures in Gadsden County, Florida Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Florida United States Army Corps of Engineers dams Crossings of the Apalachicola River Dams completed in 1957 1957 establishments in Florida 1957 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-dam-stub

See also

References