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Jim Woodruff Dam

dam, Georgia, United States

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Chattahoochee River

In Chattahoochee River
The Jim Woodruff Dam at the river’s confluence with the Flint forms Lake Seminole. The name Chattahoochee is believed to be that of an early Indian village and probably means “cornmeal,” or “pounded rock.” The stream inspired Sidney Lanier’s poem “The Song of the Chattahoochee.”
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significance to Bainbridge, Georgia

In Bainbridge
Downriver, the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam (1957) impounds Lake Seminole, generates hydroelectricity, and controls navigation channels from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. This navigational system made Bainbridge Georgia’s first inland barge port, handling bulk cargoes such as industrial chemicals and minerals.
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