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Salem is located at (34.888599, -82.974666 The town lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along South Carolina Highway 130 , just south of its junction with South Carolina Highway 11 . Lake Keowee and Keowee-Toxaway State Park lie just to the east, and Lake Jocassee and Devils Fork State Park lie to the northeast.
The Bad Creek Hydroelectric Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power station located 8 miles (13 km) north of Salem in Oconee County, South Carolina.The 1,065 megawatts (1,428,000 hp) power plant is owned by Duke Energy and its last generator was commissioned in 1991.
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.
South Carolina Highway 11 (SC 11), also known as the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, is a 119.850-mile (192.880 km) state highway through the far northern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina, following the southernmost peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The route is surrounded by peach orchards, quaint villages, and parks.
Lake Jocassee (/ dʒ ə ˈ k æ s i /, / dʒ oʊ ˈ k æ s i /) 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.
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Oconee County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina.It is the westernmost county in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 78,607. [2] Its county seat is Walhalla and its largest community is Seneca. [3]
Oconee Nuclear Station, Seneca (Oconee County, South Carolina) Duke Energy's Oconee Nuclear Station is about 8 miles (13 km) from both the towns of Salem to the north and Seneca to the south. Since it began operation, the station has generated more than 500 million megawatt-hours worth of electricity, the first nuclear station in the country to ...