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The Kelly Barnes Dam, located in Stephens County, Georgia, just outside of the city of Toccoa, was originally built as a rock crib dam in 1899 to create a reservoir for a small hydroelectric plant. In 1937 the Toccoa Falls Bible Institute wanted to develop a more stable electric power source and built an earthen dam over the original rock crib dam.

The dam was raised a couple times eventually reaching 42 feet (nearly 13 meters) above the rock foundation. This modification provided power for Toccoa Falls Bible Institute until 1957 when the power production was stopped and the lake was only used for recreational purposes.

On Sunday, November 6, 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, around 1:30am the Kelly Barnes Dam failed resulting in 39 casualties and a major clean up effort.

The dam was never rebuilt and the remaining waterfallTower Fall in Yellowstone National Park A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. Waterfalls may also be artif is now a tourist attraction as well as a memorialA memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as statues or fountains. The most common type of memorial is the simple gravestone. Also common area on the campusCampus is Latin for "field" or "open space". English gets the words "camp" and "campus" from this origin. The campus is the area in which a university and surrounding buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, student resi of Toccoa Falls CollegeToccoa Falls College is an accredited liberal arts Christian college, located in Toccoa, Georgia. While an associate college of the Christian and Missionary Alliance the school maintains close ties with several evangelical and Bible-believing groups and d.

See also

• Johnstown FloodThe Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889, and was the result of the failure of the South Fork Dam situated 14 miles upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The area surrounding the town was already prone to flooding due to its positioning on
• St. Francis DamFrancis Dam was a concrete-arched gravity dam built as a large reservoir near the city of Los Angeles, California. The dam was built between 1924 and 1926 under the supervision of William Mulholland, an engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and
• Teton Dam