Lake Murray Backup Dam 300k 1

In 1886, the Charleston area was hit with an earthquake estimated to have been between 7.1 and 7.3 on the Richter Scale, causing massive amounts of damage to the city and 60 deaths. Experts believe the area will get hit by a similar quake in the next 1,000 years and wanted to move ahead with the dam project.
If the Saluda Dam would have failed without the back-up, the resulting flood would have placed 120,000 people in danger and would have wiped out water supplied for the entire Columbia area.

[@clockguy2]

My Dad was a civil engineer at SCE&G and he used to tell us that someone recalculated the 1000 year flood level for the area and it was about a foot over the top of the original dam. As a quick fix, they drove a steel cofferdam into the top between the original road and the water about 2 feet higher. I think some of it is still visible on the Irmo side around the park.

[@MrCountrycuz]

I worked on this project from 2004 until its completion in 2005. I have many photos of the different stages of completion.

[@rogerdudra178]

Greetings from the BIG SKY.

[@cpcattin]

Damn great video !

[@kimcraft38]

great Dam video

[@SAXTProductions]

there is place on the dam that is anywhere near 2000 feet tall.

[@JohnFichtner]

2300 feet tall? I'm pretty sure that is not true. The narrator must have miss spoke. Lake Murray is only 360 feet deep.

[@fxrsniper1]

He's referring to the backup dam

[@fxrsniper1]

Full pond is 360

[@javionriley8739]

All black towns underneath that lake

[@fxrsniper1]

LMAO bless your heart you can't be this ignorant