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Name: Yates Lake, Thurlow Dam and Lake Tallassee
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YATES LAKE, THURLOW DAM & LAKE TALLASSEE
by Carto-Craft Maps Inc.

Lake Tallassee & Thurlow Dam: Thurlow Dam was named in honor of Oscar G. Thurlow who invented the Thurlow Backwater Suppessor which was first installed in Mitchell Dam on the Coosa River chain. Thurlow Dam was built at the site of a textile mill that was used during the Civil War as a munitions and uniform plant. Construction of the reservoirs started 5 April 1928 with an inservice date of 31 December 1930. The reservoirs elevation above Mean Sea Level (MSL) is 288.8 feet. The area impounded is 574 acres with a length of 3 miles and a shoreline of 6 miles. Maximum depth at the dam is 54 feet with approximately 3,300 square miles of watershed draining into the reservoir. The City Council by motion renamed the reservoir from Thurlow to Lake Tallassee.

Yates Lake & Dam: Named for Eugene Yates, the engineer responsible for completing Lay Dam in 1914, the dam stands on the site of Alabama's first hydroelectric plant which began delivering electricity to Montgomery in 1912. Construction of Yates Dam started in January 1927 with an inservice date of 1 July 1928. The reservoir elevation above Mean Sea Level (MSL) is 344 feet. The area impounded is 2,000 acres with a length of 7.9 miles and 40 miles of shoreline. The maximum depth at the dam is 46.5 feet and the area of watershed draining into the reservoir is approximately 3.350 square miles.