Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC. Surveyed as HAER SC,40-COLUM,18-, with a 299-word written history.
“The Columbia Canal was designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia.”
Written record, HAER SC,40-COLUM,18- survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER SC,40-COLUM,18- · the record runs 299 words · one of 36 surveyed structures published for this county.
The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER SC,40-COLUM,18-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Columbia Canal was designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia. Completed in and enlarged in the portion of the canal, significant for its method of construction, is the only portion that survives. The Columbia Canal Hydroelectric Plant was designed to supplement electricity produced by Columbia Mills. This brick, rectangular structure has repetitive paired wi.ndows, spanned by jack arches and brick corbels along the roofline and is one of the earliest power plants to use hydroelectric power in South Carolina. It furnished electricity to homes, businesses, and manufacturing plants. It is the oldest functioning part of the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company's power system.
Source of Information: Listed in National Register of Historic Places January 15, Compiler: J. Tracy Power South Carolina Department of Archives and History May 2, ADDENDUM TO HAER No. COLUMBIA CANAL &
Power Plant
Waterfront of Broad River Columbia Richland County South Carolina XEROGRAPHIC COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service Department of the Interior Washington,
| Columbia, South Carolina | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Richland County, South Carolina | 110 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Columbia building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsley Hall Mansion | HABS SC,40-COLUM,3- | 6,575 words | |
| South Carolina State House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,9- | 6,142 words | |
| Lunatic Asylum | HABS SC,40-COLUM,7- | 3,500 words | |
| South Carolina Memorial Garden | HALS SC-9 | 2,379 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2A- | 1,689 words | |
| Crawford-Clarkson House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,4- | 1,611 words | |
| DeBruhl-Marshall House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,1- | 1,064 words | |
| Central National Bank | HABS SC,40-COLUM,8- | 1,058 words | |
| First Baptist Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,5- | 1,054 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2B- | 906 words | |
| Fort Jackson | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,2C- | 866 words | |
| Governor's Mansion | HALS SC-10 | 815 words | |
| Millwood (Ruins) | HABS SC,40-COLUM.V,1- | 582 words | |
| Richard O'Neal | HABS SC,40-COLUM,6- | 491 words | |
| Ensor-Keenan Barn & Carriage House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,11A- | 388 words | |
| University of South Carolina | HABS SC,40-COLUM,2A- | 373 words | |
| Allen University | HABS SC,40-COLUM,10A- | 334 words | |
| Consolidated Building | HABS SC,40-COLUM,15- | 261 words | |
| First Presbyterian Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,12- | 258 words | |
| Fisher-Bachman House | HABS SC,40-COLUM,13- | 251 words | |
| Greyhound Bus Station | HABS SC,40-COLUM,16- | 249 words | |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | HABS SC,40-COLUM,14- | 220 words | |
| Palmetto Building | HABS SC,40-COLUM,17- | 218 words | |
| Gervais Street Bridge | HAER SC,40-COLUM,19- | 181 words |
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