Lay Dam

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Lay Dam is a hydroelectric power dam on the Coosa River in Chilton County and Coosa County, near Clanton, Alabama. The concrete run-of-the-river gravity dam was built in 1914 as the first major project of Alabama Power Company, and named for Captain William Patrick Lay, its first president. The dam'

s hydroelectric facility has a generating capacity of 177 megawatts (237,000 hp). The construction of the dam flooded the original site of Fort Williams, which was used during the Creek War.

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