Articles https://www.dahlonega.org/articles/ Articles Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:19:19 +0000 "What the heck is that thing?" The Strange Story of the Chestatee River Diving Bell https://www.dahlonega.org/articles/post/the-strange-story-of-the-chestatee-river-diving-bell/ https://www.dahlonega.org/articles/post/the-strange-story-of-the-chestatee-river-diving-bell/#comments https://www.dahlonega.org/articles/post/the-strange-story-of-the-chestatee-river-diving-bell/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:43:12 -0400

The story of the Chestatee River Diving Bell begins in May of 1875. A Georgia entrepreneur named Philologus Hawkins (P.H.) Loud, arrived in Dahlonega with some associates from New York, to inspect the

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