Discover the incredible story of Lake Peigneur, a drilling site turned disaster zone. In 1980, Texaco's accidental drill hit an underground salt mine, creating a vortex that swallowed the entire lake!
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The Drilling Accident That Swallowed Lake Peigneur
In 1980, a drilling accident at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana caused the entire lake to drain into a salt mine below, creating one of the most bizarre disasters in U.S. history. Shoppers alarmed by ...
While Louisiana's largest lake, the Toledo Bend Reservoir, spans 1,200 miles of shoreline, the state's deepest lake only spans 1,125 acres. Lake Peigneur is the deepest lake in Louisiana, with a depth ...
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