Columbia Canal Power Plant

Local nameColumbia Canal Power Plant
LocationColumbia, South Carolina, United States

The Columbia Canal is the surviving canal of a series of canals built by the State of South Carolina in 1824 using the labor of indentured Irishmen to provide direct water routes between the upstate settlements and the towns on the Fall Line. It is on the Congaree and Broad rivers in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the focal point of the Riverfront Park in Columbia. The canal is now used to generate hydroelectric power by the South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

The Columbia Canal is on the National Register of Historic Places, No. 79002392. The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional pictures and information, and copies of the nomination forms.

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Aerial view of Columbia… @ Jack E. Boucher, photographer

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Canal

Address Columbia 29201, United States

Coordinates 33°59'49.796" N -81°2'57.459" E

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