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Old Burnside flooded before dam
A friend found these three pictures
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#2
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#3
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As evidenced by picture #3 they sold Beer back then before going dry.
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Notice Burnside was progressive then. See the "Beer" sign.
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Fantastic pictures Pops! Thank you very much for posting them!
I wonder when those pictures were taken? Do you know any details?
Also wondering if the place with the "beer" sign was brewery or warehouse/distribution center?
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Maybe Marine Assist could dive down and see if the beer is still there
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There is still plenty of Beer in Burnside !!!! Just not as many Beer Signs out in public View. Maybe someday Burbside will move into the present
century. We can only hope !!!!!
&#it don\'t stink until you stir it !
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WaterWings I found the following site searching for the answer to your question
http://www.steamboatrowena.com/history.html
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January 1937 - District Engineer, MAJ Bernard Smith dispatches entire fleet down the Cumberland River for rescue and relief work in response to severe
flooding; with bridges too low to pass, vessels steam across farmland and bridge approaches, dodging telephone and power lines.
The above excerpt taken from link below
http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/history/dates_in_history.htm
On the Cum-
berland River, Williamsburg, Ky., a r i d Burnside, Ky.,
esceeded their 1937 crests, as did s t n g c s un the Hiwassee
River a t Charleston, Tenn., and on the Tennessee River
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/067/mwr-067-03-0073.pdf
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Found the following site reference the above pictures and a few others, it sounds like they were taken when the lake filled up.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywayne/makingoflakec.html
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Love this history!
Get-R-Wet
in
Pulaski County!!!
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There is a foundation where the raft up is held. At 680 it is just out of the water. My son found an old hay fork while in his kayak. Was in about a
foot of water near the foundation.
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Very odd captions there Pops. I really think they are badly mistaken on that. I'm almost certain all of the buildings and power lines were taken down
before the lake was impounded and power lines are plainly visible in a few photos. The huge bridge going across the lake at Burnside (also visible in
the pictures) was in the process of being removed when the lake was impounded but the lake rose so fast one spring it caught them with some spans
still in the air.
I think you got it right the first time and these pictures are during the flood of 1937. BUT, I'm no expert, still I don't think those are pictures
from when the lake was impouded.
Good work Pops! Thank You! Please anyone with old lake history pictures or knowledge please post them. Send pictures to me if you have
problems. WE NEED ALL THE HISTORY YOU CAN PROVIDE! PLEASE!
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Thanx Pops for pic #2, that's the view of the tunnel we had while moored @ Burnside.
dam glad it floats our boats
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THANKS!
Thanks Pops for contributing these photos, stories and links.
All of us benefit when someone shares information like this!
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I nominate Pops to be the Lake History editor/moderator.
(Thanks Pops)
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bluebird
I nominate Pops to be the Lake History editor/moderator.
(Thanks Pops) |
Certainly, at least Contributor #1
He sure has my vote if he wants the "job" of Lake History editor/moderator. And, since I have dabbled a little in this over the past 10 years and may
have some stuff he might find interesting, I offer him my services, such as they are, as humble assistant.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Captain Bob
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bluebird
I nominate Pops to be the Lake History editor/moderator.
(Thanks Pops) |
Certainly, at least Contributor #1
He sure has my vote if he wants the "job" of Lake History editor/moderator. And, since I have dabbled a little in this over the past 10 years and may
have some stuff he might find interesting, I offer him my services, such as they are, as humble assistant. |
He's got my vote too! A lot of folks like to read about the lake and surrounding area history.
I for one would love to know more. Encourage Pops and anyone who has some lake history to contribute.
(Oh, by the way, there is a Lakes area History section in the index. If you don't mind Pops I will move this thread there in a few minutes.)
WHATEVER floats your boat Dude!
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I hope that someone or a group of folks still have all the info that Cumberline gathered for a book on the history of the lake.
It is sad he was not able to complete this endeavor.
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I am still pretty bummed that this book started by Cumberline and contributed to by many others here on this forum cannot sit on my coffee table. I
want a big, full color hardback with everything in it, and I wanna know who I have to friggin beg to get this happenin'!!!
.....Official Lake Cumberland Tourism Director, And Purveyor To All Those Who Seek Wit, Wisdom, Whiskey And Wile While At My Bar....
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| Quote: | Originally posted by madcon1023
I hope that someone or a group of folks still have all the info that Cumberline gathered for a book on the history of the lake.
It is sad he was not able to complete this endeavor. |
To the best of my knowledge, Cumberline never planned a book on the history of Lake Cumberland.
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