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Revealed: Drought uncovers hidden remnants of underwater ghost town beneath Jordan Lake (North Carolina)
WRAL ^ | November 12, 2023 | Heather Leah

Posted on 11/13/2023 3:57:45 PM PST by Ciaphas Cain

Remnants of an underwater community that has been abandoned and unseen for many years suddenly became visible over the weekend as the murky waters of Jordan Lake sank to unusually low levels – likely due to the recent drought.

Thousands of people pass by Jordan Lake each year, never realizing the ruins hidden just beneath the lake's surface. For years, these ruins have been virtually invisible, but lower water levels recently revealed dozens of artifacts, lost roadways, underwater train tracks and even foundations from the old farm houses that once utilized the rich farmland now lost beneath the lake.

Over the weekend, crowds began visiting the beach for their chance to see the ruins for the first time.

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KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; history; jordanlake; northcarolina
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Atlantis ?


21 posted on 11/13/2023 6:49:10 PM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Charles Martel

Deliverance was a good movie. They do make like that anymore. Gotta have superheroes running around in the pajamas and saving the earth for the umpteenth time.


22 posted on 11/13/2023 9:19:51 PM PST by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjam Franklin.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Don’t know how old the submerged town is, but those cinder blocks look similar to toady’s versions.


23 posted on 11/14/2023 3:59:06 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

In constant sorrow.... through all his days.


24 posted on 11/14/2023 6:23:09 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Here's an interesting "behind the scenes" article about the way the movie came about.
25 posted on 11/14/2023 8:11:12 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel

Thanks. I am going to read the novel now. Have to check into his poetry, too.


26 posted on 11/14/2023 9:08:55 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Why’d the build that place under water?


27 posted on 11/14/2023 4:02:08 PM PST by nicollo ("This is FR!")
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