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With its engines off, the ship drifted from the city toward Mount Pleasant. Its bow became stuck in the mud, but the stern shifted, slamming into the Grace Memorial Bridge as traffic was crossing. The accident damaged one of the bridge's piers, caused a 240-foot (73 m) section of the mid-strcture to collapse, and snapped the power cables on the ...
The first bridge to cross the lower Cooper River opened in 1929, eventually named the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge for former Charleston mayor John P. Grace, who spearheaded the project. The main span of the double cantilever truss bridge was the fifth-longest in the world at 1,050 feet (320 m) and soared 150 feet (46 m) above the river.
Mount Pleasant Historic District (also known as Old Village Historic District [2]) is a national historic district located at Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the town of Mount Pleasant. The dwellings reflect Mount Pleasant's historic role as a summer resort town.
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Grits have a coarser texture, whereas cornmeal is finely ground into a flour-like substance. You can buy cornmeal in coarse, medium, fine grinds, but even the coarsest isn't often as coarse as grits.
Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. In the Lowcountry, it is the fourth-most populous municipality in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000. The population was 90,801 at the 2020 census. [7]
Chef Sarah Simmons, a self-described grits fanatic, adds Parmesan to 40-minute stone-ground grits to serve with short ribs or pork tenderloin. Get the Recipe For more Food & Wine news, make sure ...
John P. Grace (1874-1940) was the fifty-first mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, completing two, nonconsecutive terms from 1911 to 1915 and then 1919 to 1923. Among his administrations' achievements were an extensive street paving program and the construction of the John P. Grace Memorial Bridge , which was dedicated to him.