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The bridge that connects Lake Lure and Chimney Rock in Lake Lure, N.C. on Saturday, September 29, 2024. For a couple of days, the wreckage left the two communities as isolated as they were a ...
Sereyna, left, and her husband Gavin Walker share a kiss after their wedding ceremony at The 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa in Lake Lure, N.C. on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
Lake Lure is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. [1] In 2020 the town population was 1,365. Lake Lure was incorporated in 1927, and acquired ...
President Biden visited North Carolina on Wednesday and got an aerial view of the damage in Chimney Rock and Lake Lure. The president vowed to help the state rebuild.
This company funded dam construction on the Broad River which produced the lake after which the town is named. [3] The dam took two years to build and Lake Lure was finally impounded and filled by 1927. [4] At ordinary water levels, Lake Lure covers approximately 720 acres (2.9 km 2) and has a shoreline of approximately 27 miles (43 km). [4]
Lake Lure’s pier, police station and town hall were destroyed. A boat was left sitting on top of the lifeguard station. Mollie Mercer works on salvaging items at the Kizmet Yogawear shop in the ...
Evacuation sirens sounded in settlements downstream of the dam and about 1,600 Lake Lure residents were given evacuation orders. Lake Lure Dam was later evaluated to have no imminent failure expected, although erosion on both sides of the dam and the compromising of the structural supports were reported. [58] [59] [60]
Lake Lure Flowering Bridge was a three-arch bridge built in 1925 to carry traffic between Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. When the bridge was decommissioned in 2011, volunteers worked together to ...