Santee Canal
South Carolina's First Commercial Highway
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 2024
280 pages
978-1-64336-472-8 (ISBN)
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A history of one of America's earliest canals and its impact on the people of the South Carolina LowcountryCompleted in 1800, the Santee Canal provided the first inland navigation route from the Upcountry of the South Carolina Piedmont to the port of Charleston and the Atlantic Ocean. By connecting the Cooper, Santee, Congaree, and Wateree rivers, the engineered waterway transformed the lives of many in the state and affected economic development in the Southeast region of the newly formed United States. In The Santee Canal, authors Elizabeth Connor, Richard Dwight Porcher Jr., and William Robert Judd provide an authoritative and richly illustrated history of one of America's first canals. Connor, Porcher, and Judd tell a comprehensive story of the canal's origins and history. Never-before published historical plans and maps, photographs from personal archives and field research, and technical drawings enhance the text, allowing readers to appreciate the development, evolution, and effect of the Santee Canal on the land and the people of South Carolina.
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Elizabeth Connor | Richard Dwight Porcher Jr. | William Robert Judd
The Santee Canal
South Carolina's First Commercial Highway
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Content
- Cover
- THE SANTEE CANAL
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SANTEE CANAL CHRONOLOGY
- Introduction
- ONE Transportation in Early South Carolina
- TWO Formation of the Santee Canal Company
- THREE Johann Christian Senf
- FOUR Choosing the Santee Canal Route and Land Acquisition
- FIVE Construction of the Santee Canal: The Wedding of Two Rivers
- SIX Grand Opening of the Santee Canal, Buford's Inaugural Passage, and Life along the Canal
- SEVEN Attempts to Solve the Water Deficiency of the Santee Canal
- EIGHT End of Commercial Operation of the Santee Canal
- NINE Field Survey of the Santee Canal and Environs, 2019-21
- Epilogue
- SOURCE NOTES
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- INDEX
