Saluda Dam

The Saluda Dam or Saluda River Dam, officially the Dreher Shoals Dam, commonly referred to as the Lake Murray Dam, is an earthen embankment dam located approximately 10 miles west of on the .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in South Carolina, United States of America
  • Also known as: Lake Murray Dam

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nursery Road Elementary School.

School
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties is a school district encompassing a land area of approximately 196 square miles, roughly half of which is situated in each of and counties. is situated 1½ miles east of Saluda Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballentine and Lexington.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area. is situated 5 miles north of Saluda Dam.

is a town of 24,000 people in County, and a suburb of , the state's capital. There are a few attractions locally, and Columbia has several great attractions.

Saluda Dam

Latitude
34.0532° or 34° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
-81.21788° or 81° 13′ 4″ west
Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)
Open location code
866W3Q3J+7R
Geo­Names ID
4594702
Wiki­data ID
Q7406279
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Saluda Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Lake Murray Dam
  • Cebuano: Saluda Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Lexington County)
  • Egyptian Arabic: سد سلودا
  • Italian: diga di Saluda
  • Japanese: サルーダダム
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saluda-demningen
  • Norwegian: Saluda-demningen
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Салуда

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