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To: Steve Van Doorn

***what is that tower in the middle of the water? was this after a flood someplace?

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It’s the church steeple for the town of Curon, Italy

(snip) “...Per the BBC, Curon was once a village of hundreds of people, before it was sacrificed in the name of energy. In 1950, it was intentionally flooded to create an artificial lake for a hydroelectric plant....”

Pics at link.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/g36463041/lost-italian-village-curon-underwater/


462 posted on 05/18/2021 4:45:41 PM PDT by Porkchop
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To: Porkchop
Thanks. I should've thought of that using one of those pic search engines.
The Church Tower in the Lake THE SYMBOL OF VENOSTA VALLEY: THE SUBMERGED STEEPLE IN RESIA LAKE
https://www.vinschgau.net/en/resia-pass/culture-arts/places-of-interest/tower-in-the-lake.html
483 posted on 05/18/2021 5:19:01 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Porkchop

Lake Taneycomo - Man made lake from White River located in Taney County Mo. Later Table Rock Dam was completed - and after 1958 that changed the water from warm to cold. Good for trout fishing - not for swimming.

Totally bad impact on Rockaway Beach which had been a great swimming and recreational place until then. Riot in around 1965 totally finished it off.

Lots of stuff like that happens around the world.


495 posted on 05/18/2021 5:56:40 PM PDT by greeneyes ( Moderation In Pursuit of Justice is NO Virtue--LET FREEDOM RING)
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