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Lost and found under Lake Lanier
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Old beer cans, some of brands long since gone, litter the lake bottom. The 2007 drought exposed many secrets about the lake, including the trash and other items that residents and visitors dump in the vast water source. Whole forests, roads, bridges -- even a race track -- were inundated by the lake when it filled in the 1950s.
The drought is starting to expose many of Lake Lanier’s secrets, from the mundane to the surprising. As the lake recedes, it reveals trash and other items dumped into it by visitors.
When Lake Lanier was filled in the 1950s, it covered whole forests, roads, bridges and even a race track.
The racetrack was called the Gainesville Speedway. It was a dirt track where stock cars once ran. With the drought, visitors can see some crumbling concrete foundations for the Speedway’s bleachers.
See the rest of Lake Lanier’s surprises in the gallery above.
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