UL Special Collections on Instagram: "Welcome to this week's #FunFactFriday! Today, we are commemorating the 42 anniversary of the Lake Peigneur disaster. Located near New Iberia, Lake Peigneur was once a very
![This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges, This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,](https://i.redd.it/aqxts4tnm7181.jpg)
This past weekend was the anniversary of the Lake Peigneur drilling disaster in 1980. The lake completely swallowed two drilling platforms, a loading dock, 70 acres of land + trees, 11 barges,
![This is a History Channel documentary of Lake Peigneur in Louisiana in 1980 after an oil rig drilled into a salt mining dome... … | Deepwater horizon, Lake, Drains This is a History Channel documentary of Lake Peigneur in Louisiana in 1980 after an oil rig drilled into a salt mining dome... … | Deepwater horizon, Lake, Drains](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1b/30/ea/1b30ea9ff431be6188130c2e05082d60.jpg)
This is a History Channel documentary of Lake Peigneur in Louisiana in 1980 after an oil rig drilled into a salt mining dome... … | Deepwater horizon, Lake, Drains
![Diagram of the Lake Peigneur Disaster, check out the comments for a short podcast describing the details of how this small lake sucked multiple barges into the depths of a salt mine. : Diagram of the Lake Peigneur Disaster, check out the comments for a short podcast describing the details of how this small lake sucked multiple barges into the depths of a salt mine. :](https://preview.redd.it/gformzct0rr21.jpg?auto=webp&s=7aa68fa158d0dc1827850da123ce20fdf64988e7)