Yesterday, we watched the first flow over the WaveShaper, located on the Georgia side of the Lower Chattahoochee River. It looked mighty fine, and was visited by some paddlers from late afternoon until the sun and warmth left. As the construction phase ends here at the WaveShaper, the important tuning phase begins. We will take …
There’s an awful lot of acceleration around the re-engineering of the Lower Chattahoochee in Columbus. The City’s Facebook page keeps us up with local news and announcements about the course. https://www.facebook.com/Chattahoochee.River.Whitewater#!/columbusgawhitewater This has informed us that folks in Georgia are not only proud of the opportunity on the west side of the river. They’re investing on …
As the WaveShaper foundation finalization and installation finishes, the dam demolition has continued so that in a few days, water will descend over the Georgia side of the Lower Chattahoochee and the world will see the result of years of calculating, drawing, modeling, blasting, and drilling. This link takes you to the continuation of the …
As the WaveShaper is installed in the Chattahoochee, MWDG Engineers Rick McLaughlin and Jack Goble point out an aspect of the Chattahoochee River design that, once completed, will be evident only in what you don’t see…! They are employing a construction technique that insures structural integrity, recreational performance, and high quality aesthetics while greatly reducing the …
The following video shows both the power and the potential rides that can be enjoyed by rafters passing through the Cut Bait Channel on the Alabama (river right) side of the Lower Chattahoochee. The river runs between Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama.