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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Nursery Road Elementary School
School
School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties is a South Carolina school district encompassing a land area of approximately 196 square miles, roughly half of which is situated in each of Lexington and Richland counties. 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. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area. Ballentine is situated 5 miles north of Saluda Dam.
Lexington
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Lexington is a town of 24,000 people in Lexington County, South Carolina and a suburb of Columbia, the state's capital. There are a few attractions locally, and Columbia has several great attractions.
Saluda Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Lexington County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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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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