Kelly Barnes Dam
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Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6, 1977, an
View of former reservoir area after the dam failure
View of masonry inlet structures on rear of dam embankment
Looking upstream through dam breach, November 7, 1977
Looking upstream through dam break, November 7, 1977
Toccoa Falls
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Toccoa Falls is a waterfall on Toccoa Creek with a vertical drop of 186 feet on the campus of the University of Toccoa Falls in Stephens County, Georgia, United States. Toccoa comes from the Cherokee
Kelly Barnes Dam
…and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt. A memorial to the dead stands downstream, by Toccoa Falls on the campus of Toccoa Falls College. In 1899, a rock crib dam was built by E. P. Simpson on Tocco Creek to create a reservoir for a small hydroelectric…
Stereoscopic view of Toccoa Falls by J. A. Palmer, 1870
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