Film documents hydroelectric revolution that transformed Atlanta

  • Photo courtesy John Heinen/Project 360 Media. Lake Burton and Rabun County play key roles in a new documentary film on Georgia’s hydroelectric revolution that airs Sept. 24 on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.
    Photo courtesy John Heinen/Project 360 Media. Lake Burton and Rabun County play key roles in a new documentary film on Georgia’s hydroelectric revolution that airs Sept. 24 on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.

    CLAYTON—In the decades immediately following the Civil War, the city of Atlanta—and the entire state of Georgia—struggled to recover from the massive devastation wrought by four years of intense confl…