#Moving #SundayDrive to #RerugulationDam below #CartersDam at #CartersLake. It's is an earthen embankment dam located south of #ChatsworthGA in #MurrayCounty and west of #EllijayGA in Georgia. The dam is 445 feet (136 m) tall and is situated 26.8 miles (43.1 km) above the mouth of the #CoosawatteeRiver. The drainage area is 376 square miles. It creates Carters Lake, the deepest lake in Georgia. The dam took 15 years to build and was completed in 1977. The area of the primary flood control pool is 3,880 acres (1,570 ha). The top elevation of the dam is 1,112.3 feet (339.0 m). The top width of the dam is 40 feet (12 m). The dam has a diversion tunnel that is 2,407 feet (734 m). It is a horseshoe shape with a bottom width of 23 feet (7.0 m). The dam is constructed of rock and earth and is the tallest earthen dam east of Mississippi river. The lake is the deepest manmade reservoir east of Mississippi river. The created lake is more than 450 feet (140 m) deep and has 62 miles (100 km) of shoreline without any private docks or other development. (at Carters Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxl0SWWBmq1/?igshid=1ws64ol7ihfpx
