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Rapid AL Class II

Powerline Shoals

Tallapoosa - Thurlow Dam to boat ramp (AL)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Tallapoosa River at Milstead AL Downstream Primary

Runnable: 2.0 – 10.0 FT

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The powerlines mark the beginning of the whitewater on the Tallapoosa. At minimum flow there are mostly shoals and broken ledges until you get to the Falls. At higher water this section is filled with wave trains and holes.