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2. Lake Jocassee - Wikipedia

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   Lake Jocassee (/ dʒəˈkæsi /, / dʒoʊˈkæsi /) is a 7,500-acre (30 km 2), 300-foot (91 m) deep reservoir in northwest South Carolina. It was created in 1973 by the state in partnership with Duke Power. [2] The lake is known for the clean and cold Appalachian mountain rivers that flow into it, keeping its waters cool and clear year-round.

3. Crescent Communities - Wikipedia

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   Crescent Communities is a real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use communities with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has approximately 115 employees. The company has offices in Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Dallas, Denver, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City.

4. Jocassee Dam - Wikipedia

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   811 GWh (2,920 TJ) [1] Jocassee Dam (often called Lake Jocassee Dam) is an embankment dam on the Keowee River, straddling the border of Pickens and Oconee counties in South Carolina in the United States. The dam forms Lake Jocassee, which is fed by the Toxaway, Thompson, Horsepasture and Whitewater Rivers, and serves primarily for hydroelectric ...

5. Photos: Lake Jocassee Hydro Station celebrates 50th year ...

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   The station near Salem, built in 1973, with its upper reservoir, Lake Jocassee, borders the Carolinas. The station near Devils Fork State Park off of State Highway 11 provides clean power to more ...

6. Devils Fork State Park - Wikipedia

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   Devils Fork State Park is in northwestern South Carolina on the eastern edge of the Sumter National Forest at the edge of 7,500-acre (3,035 ha) Lake Jocassee. It is located three miles (5 km) off SC 11, the Cherokee Scenic Highway, near the town of Salem, South Carolina. The park offers hiking, camping (including several paddle-in primitive ...

7. Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station - Wikipedia

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   The upper Bad Creek Reservoir was created by damming Bad Creek and West Bad Creek while Lake Jocassee serves as the lower reservoir. During periods of low energy demand, the four 266 megawatts (357,000 hp) Francis pump turbines pump water from Lake Jocassee which lies at an elevation of 1,110 feet (340 m) to the Bad Creek Reservoir at an ...

8. Gorges State Park - Wikipedia

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   Gorges State Park is a 7,709-acre (31.20 km 2) [1] North Carolina state park in Transylvania County, North Carolina in the United States and along with other conservation lands is part of a 100,000+ acre conservation corridor stretching some 80 miles along the NC/SC state line. The land, along Jocassee Gorges, was purchased by the state from ...

9. Toxaway River - Wikipedia

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   Toxaway River. The Toxaway River is a 21.4-mile-long (34.4 km) [5] waterway that flows south from headwaters in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into Lake Toxaway and over Toxaway Falls, after which it crosses into South Carolina and enters Lake Jocassee, the reservoir behind Lake Jocassee Dam. In Lake Jocassee the Toxaway River is joined ...