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How Blue Is My Underwater Valley
How green was Jocassee Valley, until the regional power company built a nearby dam and gradually flooded it? One hotel owner protested the development and succeeded in having Attakulla Lodge be the only structure from being bulldozed. Ultimately, he couldn't stop the valley from becoming a lake.
Now, almost 40 years later, local divers found the hotel still standing...well, submerged under 300 feet of water, as well as parts of the old cemetery and a few trees. The underwater trip down memory lane aired on HLN cable show "News To Me" on Feb. 21, and clips have been circulating online, triggering searches for "lake jocasee."
No plans to re-open. Guests wanting a temporary watery rest will have to look elsewhere. In the meantime, the video can be seen on HLN sister channel, CNN.
Filed under: History, Archaeology
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