New Spillgates on the Way to Replace Ones That Have Reliably Served Martin Dam for Nearly a Century

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By Michael Sznajderman

For nearly a century, the spillgates atop Martin Dam have helped Alabama Power manage the company’s original source of renewable energy: flowing water.

But the decades and the elements have taken a toll on the 20 steel gates that have been operating at the dam since its completion in 1926. The dam created Lake Martin – at the time the largest manmade reservoir in the world.

In just a few weeks, the spillgate replacement process will begin as the new gates arrive from a fabrication site in Mississippi.

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