Jim Woodruff Dam Explained

Jim Woodruff Dam
Name Official:	Jim Woodruff Dam
Dam Crosses:	Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers
Res Name:	Lake Seminole
Location:	Gadsden and Jackson Counties, Florida / Decatur and Seminole Counties, Georgia, USA
Operator:	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Construction Began:	about 1947
Opening:	1957
Coordinates:	30.7086°N -84.8639°W

Jim Woodruff Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Apalachicola River, about 1000feet south of that river's origin at the confluence of the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers.

The dam impounds Lake Seminole on the common border of Florida and Georgia. The dam is named in honor of James W. Woodruff, Sr., a Georgia businessman who spearheaded the development of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Project.^{[1] [2]}

Electricity from the dam is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration.^[3]

See also

• Water wars in Florida

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Jim Woodruff Dam Near Chattahoochee, Florida. www.anniemayhem.com. 2020-03-20. 2015-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20150510082228/http://anniemayhem.com/portfolio/jimwoodruffdam.html. dead.
2. Web site: Earth Snapshot • Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam. www.eosnap.com. 2020-03-20. 2020-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20200320133609/http://www.eosnap.com/tag/jim-woodruff-lock-and-dam/. dead.
3. Web site: Generation – Southeastern Power Administration . 2023-03-20 . Energy.gov . en.