Etowah River

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The Etowah flows in the northwest of the U.S. state of Georgia. Together with the larger Oostanaula River, it forms the Coosa River.

The name comes from the Etowah Cherokee language and means " place of the dead wood ."

The river also feeds the Lake Allatoona, one from the United States Army Corps of Engineers built 1941-1946 reservoir to supply the surrounding areas with drinking water.

History

The river spans the Etowah River Bridge, a railway bridge in the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which played a role in the theft of a steam locomotive, the Andrews raid by Union troops on April 12, 1862. The bridge should be destroyed, but did not succeed.

In the attack in May 1864, during the Atlanta campaign, played the same bridge a role again: The Confederates, they destroyed during the retreat, but the next day it was built by the unionists again. Overall, the bridge was destroyed six times during the Civil War.