Fall Around Lake Jeanette is a photograph by Sandi OReilly which was uploaded on October 11th, 2013.
Fall Around Lake Jeanette
Lake Jeanette is a large lake that was a working lake at one time (see below) that when full would spill over into our watershed, Lake Townsend. ... more
Title
Fall Around Lake Jeanette
Artist
Sandi OReilly
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digial Art
Description
Lake Jeanette is a large lake that was a working lake at one time (see below) that when full would spill over into our watershed, Lake Townsend. Even though about 1500 homes now are built on part of the lake, most of of the lake is natural forest that is changing with the fall season as seen here in this image and this was a perfect fall sky reflection on the lake. This has been painted digitally and a texture added to enhance it's beauty.
In the late 1800's two brothers, members of the prominent Cone family of Greensboro, North Carolina, bought approximately 2,142 acres of property from the North Carolina Steel and Iron Company. The family went on to build a manufacturing dynasty specializing in textiles with the home office located in Greensboro. As manufacturing progressed , the family realized that their company might need more water than the city of Greensboro could supply.
In 1940 the Cones began building Lake Jeanette to accommodate their need for water. The lake was named after Jeanette Cone, one of the granddaughters. The lake is fed by Richland Creek, and many other springs.
The lake has always been a "working" lake as it has always provided water for the production of denim to the Cone plants. When the lake water is high the water overflows into Lake Townsend which is one of Greensboro's reservoirs.
Nature photography by Sandi O'Reilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted. For questions, you can contact me through FAA's email.
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October 11th, 2013
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Sandi OReilly
Kathleen,thank you so much for your wonderful comments, appreciate your Like/Vote/Fave/Tweet!
Nick Boren
A fabulous fall image dear Sandi... and you captured a variety of wonderful colors. :-) fv