Lake Murray Dam Video

The building of the Lake Murray Dam in the 1930's.

[@tg3026]

I now live where my ancestors worked so hard to build. God is amazing.

[@dellagibson6701]

I live here too. They worked so hard for little pennies a day and now look. It brings tears to my eyes.

[@Valorie0221]

How is god amazing? People built the damn and everything else. Gods are mythology.

[@Art_B22]

⁠@@Valorie0221 How did you come to that conclusion? Have you explored all aspects of reality and the universe and know with absolute certainty God is a myth ? Seems to me with your statement you have a burden of proof in taking the proposition that God is a myth. That’s an absolute truth statement I don’t think you with absolute certainty can prove.

[@joesstockmail]

My great uncle Grady Stanford drove the train that dumped the dirt on the dam ..

[@cindymerritt7622]

I would love to see more videos like this. Thanks for sharing

[@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving]

We explore a lot of the history underwater diving...Stone Trading House, Wyse Ferry Bridge, Fort Fairchild, High Hill Church foundation and Cemetery, just to name a few!

[@lindaheath12]

You guys should take underwater videos.

[@RoaminSCRooster]

My Great Grandfather, Haskell C. Baker is listed as Track Foreman, Water Power Plant on the 1930 Lexington County Census. My Grandfather, George McCartha was listed as a Laborer on the dam. He married Haskell's daughter, Annie in 1929, who I was told worked in the company store.

[@shawncosmos5431]

If you drive over the Dam now you’ll see lots of activity. Barges and Tug boats. They’re hsving to replace the Gates way down inside the towers. They completely removed the brick structures on top to allow acess with a crane to remove the old ones and replace them. They rebuilt the buildings on top but the roofs are still off as they continue. Its interesting..

[@ronhensley4808]

I used to wonder what was inside these towers when I lived in Columbia, S.C. in the 1950's. We used to drive over the dam and try to imagine what was going on inside those towers. I would also like to know if there is a video showing what is inside of them.

[@suferwill808]

It's just one big spiral corkscrew shaft that intakes water

[@dellagibson6701]

Such an amazing capture in history. The equipment they had was not as modern as it is now and they were able to create something that started out so young and is so beautiful today. I know if the ancestors can see it now, they would be so happy. We must strive to try our best to take care of it.💙

[@idkjames]

I’m from Sumter. We used to go to dam too. I’ve also dove it since then. Live in KY now

[@ConspirHerSee]

@:42 look at how the chain gang worked the rail with rhythm while being exploited and doing back breaking work with style, song and grace.

[@alexanderholloway7110]

Having a job, especially in the 1930s, was far from exploitation.

[@kimcraft38]

best dam video ive ever seen

[@wanderbread4217]

W

[@anthonybaker7433]

It's interesting and amazing I love learning and looking at stuff like this, I would of never thought that lake was even man-made

[@lidsman2221]

Is there any video of inside the intake towers? Id like to see what it looks like inside.

[@TheMFTRUTH]

They don't show the city that was flooded

[@chancewright447]

They are hiding something

[@javionriley8739]

Nope ! But we need to find out everything about those black towns

[@TheMFTRUTH]

@@javionriley8739 I agree. The generations of wealth washed away. It was another Black Wallstreet

[@Bankable2790]

@@TheMFTRUTHlmao yall are nuts

[@rossbryan6102]

A NICE VIEWING OF CHANT CALLING FOR RR TRACK WORKERS!! WHILE ONE COMMENTER CALLED THEM CHAIN GANG, THEY DO NOT APPEAR TO BE PRISONERS, AS THEY ARE ALL GARBED IN RAILROADER TRADITION! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!! 👍👍

[@SCberryfarmer]

They were called gandy dancers they lined the track sections back in the day before modern rail road equipment

[@utubewatcher806]

4:00 mark there's a streak of light material contrasting with the ground layers. Is that sand? beach sand?

[@soldtobediers]

FASCINATING

[@LakeMurrayCountry]

Thanks and yes it is.

[@spedups0ngs00]

IM AT LAKE MURRAY RIGHT TERRACE AND IM THINKING OF GOING OVER TO THE DAM.

[@joshuaszehner511]

OH THATS COOL BUT WHY ALL CAPS?

[@savagelybased9680]

Where is this railroad they built now under water?

[@JesseScott2016]

Any chance of adding color?

[@jacobstacy588]

You know I’ve spent many of nights striper fishing under those towers

[@javionriley8739]

So this is how they destroyed those black towns , there’s needs to be a HISTORICAL MARKERS on the Richland County public parking side of Lake Murray showing those towns & how there descendants are still here

[@monabouknight5134]

Which black towns JaVion? Can you be more specific or are you just repeating what you’ve heard in an echo chamber? I just saw your comment another lake video and you repeated the claim there too. “Maroon colony”? You want a marker, erect one yourself! That’s what my family did. We may not have anything in common in life and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that but the one thing we do .. we both have family out there, your loss no greater or less than mine.

[@javionriley8739]

@@monabouknight5134 Black Americans (descendants of USA chattel slavery) would run from plantation and create maroon colonies in the DISMAL SWAMPS across the USA SOUTH! Especially in South Carolina!! majority of black Americans who escape slavery never ran up north but we actually stayed in our own autonomous communities within the south & tookout any white supremacist that came near that region!! Aka the dismal swamps 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3iUpZh4rL9sm5I

[@javionriley8739]

@@monabouknight5134 maroon colonies were come across the USA south !! Florida was a whole maroon colony! That’s how the “SEMINAL WAR” happened 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWfQoouEoNCfaa8

[@javionriley8739]

@@monabouknight5134 seeing how you’re deflecting & projecting like a typical basic 3rd world/4th world white supremacist all while babbling over information you have no clue about it !! Let me further educate you on MAROON colonies/Dismal swamps in the USA south!! Below is the history of New Orleans/Louisiana & how Mardi Gras got started via the dismal swamps 👇🏿🇺🇸👇🏿 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKSyqauwac1kqLc

[@kebo57]

Both sides of the dam are in Lexington county. Only a small amount of shoreline on lake Murray is in Richland county and it's near chapin I think, going by memory. I think just about all of the shoreline that is in Richland county is privately owned, so not sure what public parking you're referring too?

[@matthewsross2166]

Lmao is that a beret he’s wearing lmao too much

[@branstangsmokes6201]

Yea didnt they completely destroy a thriving black town