WNC Architectural Sights:

Asheville City Hall, Buncombe Courthouse, 176 Green River Bridge, and Summit Lake Dam

Photos and article by FastFred Ruddock

A pleasant ride to Asheville to run errands and photograph a few buildings leads to leaky dam. After shooting photos of the city hall and courthouse I stopped by French Broad Brewing for another half-gallon of their fine Oktoberfest Lager. A quick ride to the frig and then a ride through Saluda lead to the old US 176 bridge across the Green River. While visiting the bridge I noticed a well beaten path that lead me to Lake Summit and the dam. I was amazed how much the old concrete dam leaked. The lake is about two feet below the spillway and currently only allows water used for electrical generation back into the Green River over a mile down stream at the powerhouse. The section of river between is called the Dries.

Asheville City Hall	Buncombe County Courthouse	FastFred in Asheville wearing Lid
Asheville City Hall	Asheville City Hall and Mountains	County Courthouse
City Hall and Park	Buncombe Courthouse and Jail	Asheville City Hall and Mountains
Former site of Confederat Armory	Confederate Monument	Path to Summit Lake from 176
Lake Summit	Lake Summit	Leaking Summit Lake Dam
Leaky Summit Lake Dam	Leak in Summit Dam	Water below spillway of Summit Dam
Gushing leak in Summit Lake Dam	Old 176 Green River Dries Bridge	Wooden pipe to powerhouse