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Map of the Catawba River in South Carolina. The Catawba has been controlled by several dams, including the following: North Carolina. Lake James Dam; Rhodhiss Dam; Oxford Dam; Lookout Shoals Dam; Cowans Ford Dam, creating Lake Norman; Mountain Island Lake Dam; South Carolina. Lake Wylie Dam in India Hook; Fishing Creek Reservoir in Great Falls ...
The Broad River originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina [3] and flows generally south-southeastwardly, through or along the boundaries of Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland Counties in North Carolina; [4] and Cherokee, York, Union, Chester, Fairfield, Newberry and Richland Counties in South Carolina. [2]
The Saluda River is formed about 10 mi (15 km) northwest of the city of Greenville, on the common boundary of Greenville and Pickens Counties, by the confluence of its north and south forks, each of which rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains very near the border of North Carolina at Saluda, North Carolina:
The South Fork Catawba River travels 48.5 miles, passing along the communities of Lincolnton, High Shoals, McAdenville, and Cramerton, to Lake Wylie where its now submerged confluence with the Catawba River lies near the North Carolina and South Carolina border. Signage on roadways crossing the river acknowledge it as the "South Fork River".
Pages in category "Dams in South Carolina" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hartwell Dam; J.
Beaver Dam; The Slough Exum Mill Branch ... (Horry County, South Carolina) Little River (Jacob Fork) ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of North Carolina (1974)
Lake Murray is located on the Saluda River in Central South Carolina, in Lexington, Richland, Newberry, and Saluda counties. [13] It is nearby to the town of Lexington, which itself is a suburb of the capital of South Carolina, Columbia. It has a max width of 41 miles and length of 14 miles.
At the official groundbreaking ceremony in April 1967, a red, white and blue dynamite charge was set off by South Carolina governor Robert McNair. Of the three dams built, the dam on the Keeowee River was the longest at 3,500 feet (1,100 m) in length, 800 feet (240 m) wide at its base, and 20 feet (6.1 m) wide at the top.