This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CLAPP, OLIVER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1528 Message Board Post: From the same source about G. Gunby JORDAN's remembrances, Patricia also shares the following: <<On pages 48-49, he writes, "In the late 1950's, the Georgia Power Company announced they would build a hydro-electric dam on the Chattahoochee River near the Columbus Water Works, an area known as the Clapp Factory site.">> During our August visit to Columbus, Cynthia NASON uncovered quite a bit of material on the Oliver Dam project, which was known as the Clapp's Factory Dam project during much of its early planning. It was originally intended that the dam would be named for the local feature Clapp's Factory, as the other dams in the area (City Mills, Goat Rock, North Highlands, Bartlett's Ferry) had been. However, during the course of the project, the name was changed to honor James McCoy OLIVER, a George Power Company executive vice president and general manager, who had recently retired after 43 years of service. The facility was dedicated as Oliver Dam on Friday, 13 NOV 1959. Thanks to Patricia and Cynthia for their contributions. John