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This is a list of Superfund sites in South Carolina designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
The Don N. Holt Bridge is a parallel chord, three-span continuous, modified Warren-type truss bridge that carries Interstate 526 (I-526) over the Cooper River between Charleston and North Charleston. It was built in 1992 by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and was designed by HNTB Corporation .
Hampton Plantation today consists of just under 300 acres (120 ha) of land on the banks of Hampton Creek, a tributary of the Santee River in northern Charleston County, South Carolina, west of United States Route 17. Most of the plantation land is no longer in agricultural use, and has reverted to natural wooded and swampy conditions.
Samuel Lapham VI was the principal architect for the project and considered it a good example of Charleston style. [8] On February 8, 1938, a building permit for $432,032 was issued for the new construction. [9] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 11, 1939, at which Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States Housing Authority ...
Prospect Hill is an historic plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina. The two-story Federal house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton. [2] [3] Constructed about 1800 for Ephraim Baynard, it sits on a bluff overlooking the South Edisto River. In 1860, William Grimball Baynard owned ...
The Charleston Housing Authority had overseen the construction and operation of all the housing. [8] The complexes were the George Legare Homes, John C. Calhoun Homes, (3) Liberty Homes with its extensions, (4) St. Andrew's Homes, (5) Kiawah Homes, (6) Victory Court apartments, (7) Ashley Homes, (8) Read Hill Homes, and (9) Daniel Jenkins Homes ...
Charleston, S.C.: Custom House (under construction) 1853. In 1859, there was increasing concern in Congress over the possible secession of South Carolina and the costs of construction. Representative John Letcher from Virginia called for a cessation of construction. Representative William Porcher Miles defended the construction with little ...
Millford Plantation (also spelled Milford) is a historic forced-labor farm and plantation house located on SC 261 west of Pinewood, South Carolina.It was sometimes called Manning's Folly, because of its remote location in the High Hills of Santee section of the state and its elaborate details.