Etowah River
| Etowah River | ||
 The Etowah River in Bartow County |
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| Water code | US : 355719 | |
| location | Georgia , USA | |
| River system | Mobile River | |
| Drain over | Coosa → Alabama → Mobile River → Mobile Bay | |
| source | in Lumpkin County 34 ° 39 ′ 48 " N , 84 ° 7 ′ 47" W. |
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| confluence | with the Oostanaula River to the Coosa River Coordinates: 34 ° 15 ′ 14 " N , 85 ° 10 ′ 36" W 34 ° 15 ′ 14 " N , 85 ° 10 ′ 36" W
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| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Allatoona | |
The Etowah flows in the northwest of the US state Georgia . Together with the larger Oostanaula River , it forms the Coosa River .
The name Etowah comes from the Cherokee language and means "place of dead wood". The river is dammed by Lake Allatoona , a reservoir that was created when a dam was built in 1949.
history
The river is spanned by the Etowah River Bridge , a railway bridge on the Western and Atlantic Railroad , which became known in connection with the Andrews Raid on April 12, 1862. When a steam locomotive was stolen by Union troops, the bridge was supposed to be destroyed, but it did not succeed.
In the attack in May 1864, during the Atlanta campaign , the same bridge played a role again: the Confederates destroyed it when they retreated, but the next day it was rebuilt by the Unionists. In total, the bridge was destroyed six times during the Civil War.