Toccoa Falls
by Penny Lisowski
Title
Toccoa Falls
Artist
Penny Lisowski
Medium
Photograph - Color Photographs
Description
I love visiting and photographing waterfalls. The photograph keeps my memories strong about the beauty and awe of God's work. It is so peaceful and relaxing while listening and viewing waterfalls. The Toccoa Falls waterfall, with a vertical drop of 186 feet (57 m), is located on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County, Georgia. Toccoa is the Cherokee word for beautiful.
During the early morning hours of November 6, 1977, after five days of almost continual rain, the dam that impounded the waters of Kelly Barnes Lake (located above the Toccoa Falls College campus) burst, and 176 million gallons of water surged through the campus below in the space of a few minutes. Most of the college personnel who lived in the path of the flood were asleep at the time, and 39 of them were swept to their deaths in the raging waters of Toccoa Creek. The dam was not rebuilt.
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March 28th, 2014
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