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The Human Side of the Big Dam epic in South Carolina
Auhl portrays the Lexington Water Power project, detailing the dam on the Saluda, its scale as the world’s largest earth dam, and the social and geographic upheaval for 375 families. The piece notes leaders Williams and Barstow, costs around 22 million, and the transformation of central South Carolina with Lake Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Aull
Columbia
Lexington Water Power Company
Lexington County
Saluda
T. C. Williams
Williams
Eitheir
Saluda River
Maror
Flood
Lake Murray
Barstow
S. W. Barba
Hve
Stow
Newberry County
Silverstreet
South Carolina
D. Frank Baird
State Fair Association
Arundel Corporation
Cieniral South
Chambers of Commerce
Ce Carolina
Lexington
Court House
Newberry
Kershaw
Orangeburg
Calhoun
Edgefield
Greenwood
South
Carolina
Chapin
Acros
Great Lake
City of
St. Matthews
Aiken
Messrs. Murray
T. G. Williams
A. P. Campbell
Barstow Management Association
A. R. Wellwood
J. E. Frederick
Lexington Company
NLD
Urquhart
Floyd D. Campbell
Broad River Power Company