Lake Purdy Dam

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Lake Purdy Dam on the Little Cahaba River was built in 1909 by the Birmingham Water Works. It was raised by 20 feet in 1929, creating the present 1,00 acre Lake Purdy reservoir just above the confluence of the Little Cahaba and the Cahaba River.

The dam is accessed from Lake Purdy Dam Road with gated entrances on Sicard Hollow Road and Cahaba Valley Road. Water released from the reservoir's spillway proceeds into the Cahaba where it is taken up by the Water Works' Cahaba Pumping Station.

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Cahaba River
Dams & Reservoirs

Lake Purdy Dam, Lake Purdy, Birmingham Water Works Dam

Tributaries

Buck Creek, Little Cahaba River, Little Shades Creek, Patton Creek, Shades Creek

Other topics

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge, Cahaba River Society, List of access locations
Cahaba lily, Cahaba Pump Station, Riverview Wastewater Treatment Plant, Trussville Wastewater Treatment Plant

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