City Mills Dam was a dam on the Chattahoochee River, between Downtown Columbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama. The dam was built in 1907 to power the City Mills grist mill. Previously, a wooden dam dating to 1828 had existed at the site. The dam impounded a run of the river reservoir of approximately .
The City of Columbus, Georgia, breached the dam on March 12, 2013, to create an urban whitewater area on the river.
See also Eagle & Phenix Dam List of dam removals in Alabama List of dam removals in Georgia (U.S. state)
References
External links Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Columbus, Muscogee County, GA: