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 Columbia, South Carolina on the Saluda River.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 269 feet (82 metres)
- …is also known as “Lake Murray Dam”
- Description: dam in South Carolina, United States of America
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nursery Road Elementary School.
Nursery Road Elementary School
School
School District Five of Lexington and Richland… Nursery Road Elementary School is situated 1½ miles east of Saluda Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballentine and Lexington.
Ballentine
Hamlet
Ballentine is an unincorporated community in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. Ballentine is situated 5 miles north of Saluda Dam.
Saluda Dam
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Latitude
34.0532° or 34° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
-81.21788° or 81° 13′ 4″ west
Open location code
866W3Q3J+7R
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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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South Carolina: Highlights
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