Lake Murray – Lexington County, South Carolina

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South Carolina  |  SC Picture Project  |  Lexington County Photos  |  Lake Murray

Lake Murray covers approximately 78 square miles of land near our state capital Columbia. The largest part of Lake Murray is in Lexington County, but portions of it also go into Saluda, Newberry, and Richland counties. This man-made lake was created when the Saluda Dam, once the largest earthen dam in the world, was completed in 1930. Lake Murray is currently owned by SCE&G and provides most of the electricity for South Carolina‘s Midlands region.

The picture above is unique because it was taken at a time when Lake Murray was at its lowest “draw down” (water level) in history, due to the reconstruction of the dam. The islands exposed in this print may never be seen again.

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