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West Point Dam and Lake on the Chattahoochee River. The dam impounds West Point Lake. The dam is located near La Grange in Troup County, Georgia, USA, near the Alabama state line. The dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control on the Chattahoochee River.
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West Point Dam, Lake & West Point Georgia - Aerial - Phantom 2 : Aerial view of the West Point Dam & Lake as well as West Point, Georgia. This video was shot with a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter. West Point Lake is a man-made reservoir formed by the damming of the Chattahoochee River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This reservoir extends for about 35 mi (56 km) along the Chattahoochee River near the Alabama-Georgia state boundary. West Point Dam controls seasonal flooding and provides hydroelectric power. This reservoir also stores water during rainy periods, to be released later during dry periods, and hence helping to maintain the water level in the navigable inland waterway from Columbus, Georgia, southwards to the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachicola, Florida, along these two rivers: the Chattahoochee River and the Apalachicola River. West Point is a town in Troup County, with a small tail of the south end of town in Harris County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, this town had a total population of 3,382 people. The very small portion of this town in Harris County is part of the Columbus, Georgia Metropolitan Area, whereas the portion of the town in Troup County is part of the LaGrange, Georgia area.
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General Information

Beginning of works: 1965
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Earthfill dam
Gravity dam
Function / usage: Hydroelectric dam / plant
Flood-control dam
Material: Concrete dam

Location

Location: , , ,
Impounds:
  • Chattahoochee River
Coordinates: 32° 55' 5.83" N    85° 11' 16.37" W
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Case Studies and Applied Products

Lift-off tests at West Point Dam and Robert F. Henry Dam

Lift-off tests at West Point Dam and Robert F. Henry Dam

In the 1960s and 70s, the US Army Corps of Engineers regularly used high-strength, smooth, post-tension steel bar tendons for trunnion girder anchorages in many of the dams constructed in this period. These are the structural elements th ... [more]

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20071592
  • Published on:
    08/09/2016
  • Last updated on:
    10/05/2019
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