The Holiday Dam in Belton is owned and maintained by Duke Energy electric and gas company. Built on the Saluda River, it feeds the Holiday Shoals Hydroelectric Power Plant. The plant was built in 1905 by the Belton Power Company to power cotton mills in Belton and neighboring Williamston. The power plant was eventually sold to Duke Energy, who continues to operate the plant today.
William Thursby of Ware Shoals, 2017 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent
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Reflections on the Holiday Dam
Contributor Kathy Dickerson says of her above photo, “Site-seeing and stumbled on this beautifully hidden working Duke Power Dam on Holiday Dam Road on the Greenville/Anderson county line.”
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