Q: What’s the history of the lock and dam on the Chattahoochee River near Columbia?
A: The George W. Andrews Lock and Dam and Lake George W. Andrews make up one of five U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir projects in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin. The others include Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam and Lake Seminole, Buford Dam and Lake Sidney Lanier, Walter F. George Lock and Dam and Lake, and West Point Dam and Lake.
People are also reading… “The George W. Andrews Project is operated to provide benefits for authorized purposes of navigation, water quality, recreation, and fish and wildlife conservation,” the statement says. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946 modified the general plan to include improvements consisting of Buford Dam, Fort Benning Lock and Dam, and the Upper Columbia and Jim Woodruff multiple purpose developments.
A design memorandum to determine the site location and reservoir level was submitted on May 7, 1954, and the location was approved in the second endorsement by the Chief of Engineers dated Aug. 19, 1954. The reservoir level, however, was not approved until July 26, 1956, when a conference was held in Mobile.
“Upon completion of the lock and dam in August 1963, the project was essentially completed at a cost of approximately $13 million,” the statement says.
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