LAKE MURRAY, SC (WOLO) — The Lake Murray Dam is receiving historic recognition — joining an A-list group of landmarks around the world.

Officials with the American Society of Civil Engineers and Dominion Energy unveiled the new marker on Wednesday afternoon, located at the edge of the boat park on the Irmo side of the dam.

Also known as the Dreher Shoals Dam, the ASCE now designates the structure as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Cherri Defigh-Price with the ASCE says construction on the dam began in 1925, and wasn’t complete until 1930 — held up by two massive back-to-back hurricanes.

“And this dam saved Columbia from flooding, when it wasn’t even done. Isn’t that cool?!” she asks.

So what’s the criteria for the over 100 pages long application? The structure must be

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