Most People Don T Know There S A Sunken Plane Deep Below This Lake In South Carolina

South Carolina has several underwater hidden treasures like this underwater ghost town in Lake Marion and this underwater graveyard in Lake Jocassee.

Another water covered gem is hidden under water on the border between South Carolina and Georgia. Did you know there’s a sunken plane at the bottom of Clarks Hill Lake, also known as Lake Thurmond?

The plane, very similar to the one below, sank to the bottom of Lake Thurmond nearly 30 years ago.

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But it’s wasn’t a crash. The sunken plane was purposely submerged and then cemented in place at the bottom of this South Carolina lake.

YouTube/Brett Smith

It was submerged by a dive team to create an artificial reef in this man made lake 20 minutes northwest of Augusta.

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For the last 28 years dive teams from all over the region have been exploring this sunken treasure.

YouTube/Brett Smith Did you know it was there? See more of the sunken plane in this video captured in May 2016 by youtube user Brett Smith.

What other hidden things do you know of that are at the bottom of South Carolina’s lakes? We’d love to know in our comments!

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YouTube/Brett Smith

Did you know it was there? See more of the sunken plane in this video captured in May 2016 by youtube user Brett Smith.

For 13 hidden gems above the water line in South Carolina read this article we published in 2016.

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