A town lost completely beneath the water. A world flooded by the convenience of the future, the past washed clean by necessity. Loyston, Tennessee. Have you heard of it? We aren’t real sure if you have, because only watery ghosts walk the roads that once shuddered with life. Take a look!
This is Loyston, Tennessee in 1933.
Wikipedia / Lewis Hines
And this is Loyston today. Better known as Loyston Point Campground.
Loyston Point Campground
Wikipedia / Lewis Hines Curious what happened to that pretty city? It was named Loyston in 1894, after local businessman John Loy. It was only a town until 1936, when it was completely flooded out by the creation of Norris Lake.
Wikipedia/ Lewis Hines Which means we lost mills and schools and churches, homes and memories under the water.
Wikipedia / Lewis Hines This main street? Gone. In a way. It still lies deep beneath Norris Lake, in an area known as Loyston Sea.
Topix Do you look at it a bit differently, now? Knowing that there’s an entire world of memories, love and loss under the water? It’s a little creepy, if you ask us…
There’s an eerie tinge to it, don’t you think? The government helped many of the locals move, and a few banded together to form a town known as New Loyston – one that is only a crossroads now. It’s a town forgotten, left behind, with only the ghosts of what once was to walk the once bustling streets.
Wikipedia / Lewis Hines
Loyston Point Campground
Curious what happened to that pretty city? It was named Loyston in 1894, after local businessman John Loy. It was only a town until 1936, when it was completely flooded out by the creation of Norris Lake.
Wikipedia/ Lewis Hines
Which means we lost mills and schools and churches, homes and memories under the water.
This main street? Gone. In a way. It still lies deep beneath Norris Lake, in an area known as Loyston Sea.
Topix
Do you look at it a bit differently, now? Knowing that there’s an entire world of memories, love and loss under the water? It’s a little creepy, if you ask us…
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