page_title: Kelly Barnes Dam
hierarchical_section_title: Kelly Barnes Dam
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of Kelly Barnes Lake area -- looking downstream, dam was near the center of the photograph.
context_page_description: Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam located in Stephens County, Georgia, just outside the city of Toccoa. It collapsed on November 6, 1977, after heavy rainfall, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt, and the Toccoa Falls downstream of the dam site is now a memorial and tourist attraction on the campus of Toccoa Falls College.
context_section_description: Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam located in Stephens County, Georgia, just outside the city of Toccoa. It collapsed on November 6, 1977, after heavy rainfall, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt, and the Toccoa Falls downstream of the dam site is now a memorial and tourist attraction on the campus of Toccoa Falls College.
caption: View of former reservoir area after the dam failure.
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