Episode 2 – Building the Lake Season 1: Submerged Towns
Beneath Lake Murray lies a story of labor, endurance, and transformation. Episode 2 uncovers how thousands of workers—Black, white, immigrant, and Indigenous—built one of the South’s largest man-made lakes. Through archival footage, oral histories, and expert insight, we reveal the human cost, progress, and memory tied to the creation of the Saluda Dam.
Featuring J.R. Fennell of the Lexington County Museum, Jane Guignard Curry from the Walker Local and Family History Center, and oral histories from Ralph and Herman Wessinger.
🎧 Created, produced, and hosted by Lolita Rowe Original music by Sister Sai Archival audio courtesy of the University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections Special thanks to J.R. Fennell, the Lexington County Museum, and the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library Website maintained by Tiffany Messer Bass
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📚 Research & Archives: Gandy Dancers (1994), Folkstreams – folkstreams.net/films/gandy-dancers
Wikipedia – “Gandy Dancer” (Sept 2025) – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandy_dancer Lake Murray Dam – Outtakes (1929)
Fox Movietone News Collection, USC MIRC https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/6132/rec/1
Oral History with Jane Guignard Curry – localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll19
Ralph & Herman Wessinger Interview (1979), Lexington County Museum
🌊 Sound Credits: Bigvegie, bitlab_coop, visualasylum, kyles, dobroide, Ambient-X (via Freesound.org)
🗓️ Coming Next: The final chapter of Lake Murray explores what lies beneath the water today and the military mysteries that still rest below the surface.
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