B. Water Transportation

The Nansemond Ferry Boat | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

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The Nansemond ferry boat crosses the Cooper River in the 1930s, even though the Cooper River Toll Bridge provided an alternative way into Charleston for automobile traffic. Photo by M.B. Paine...

The Lock House On The Santee Canal | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 14

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The lock house on the Santee Canal, painted by Charles Fraser around 1820. South Carolina has an extensive river system whose major navigable rivers served as important transportation networks for...

The Strawberry Ferry | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

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First operated in 1707, the Strawberry Ferry crossed the Cooper River in Berkeley County. In this photo around 1900, passengers are going to church across the river. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana...

The Atlantic IntraCoastal Waterway | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

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The Inland Waterway between the Stono and Ashley Rivers, 1950. The Atlantic IntraCoastal Waterway is another form of canal. Not one route but many, it stretches from Massachusetts in the north all the...

Lighthouses | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

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Shipping traffic moving in and out of the harbors along the Carolina coast depended upon a series of lighthouses to guide them through sometimes narrow and treacherous channels in the complicated...

Lake Murray Pleasure Boaters Form A Pontoon | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

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Pleasure boaters on Lake Murray form a pontoon boat raft. Photo by Bill Kalis, June 23,1986. Courtesy of "The State" newspaper.

The Downtown Cooper River Docks In Charleston | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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The downtown Cooper River docks in Charleston. Charleston's harbor fell into disrepair in the early 20th century after neglect by the railroads, which controlled the docks through the Terminal Company...

The Congaree River | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

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The Congaree River was an important route for travel into the interior of the state until well into the 20th century. Steamboats and barges transported freight and passengers. Some of the steamboats...

The Rear-Wheel Paddle Steamer "Ghio" | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

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The "Ghio," a rear-wheel paddle steamer, docks at the landing at Cheraw around 1900. Note the trolley or incline railway that carried loads from the river landing up the steep bank to the level of the...

Children Traveling To The Penn School By Boat | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

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The children from Pollawana Island in this 1910 photograph came to the Penn School by boat. From the Penn School Collection. Permission granted by Penn Center, Inc., St. Helena Island, SC.

The West Point Rice Mills | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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The West Point Rice Mills at Charleston's harbor boasted docks large enough to load and unload large vessels such as this three-masted schooner, "Warren Moore," pictured in 1907. The last rice cargo...

The "Mosquito Fleet" | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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A small fleet of agile boats owned and operated by members of the African-American community in and around Charleston came to be known as the "Mosquito Fleet." They provided a number of essential...

Naval Repair Ship, The U.S.S. "New Hampshire" | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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After the Civil War, the presence of the U.S. Navy at Port Royal consisted of the ex-ship-of-the-line, the U.S.S. "New Hampshire," which was covered over and used to house supplies needed by...

Native American Canoes | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The first builders of boats for transportation in North America were the tribes of Native Americans who greeted the European invaders with canoes. The canoes of the southeast woodlands tribes were...

The "Henrietta" | History Of SC Slide Collection

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The "Henrietta" was the largest ship ever built in Horry County. She was launched in 1875, registering more than 1,200 tons, 201 feet long, and 39 feet wide. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.