Columbia Canal | |
 Columbia Canal Power Plant and Canal Races | |
| Location | E bank of the Broad and Congaree Rivers from the Diversion dam to the Southern RR Bridge Richland County, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34°01′15″N 81°03′43″W / 34.02083°N 81.06194°W |
| Built | 1824 & 1893 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002392[1] |
| Added to NRHP | 15 January 1979 |
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.[2][3]
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,[4] and copies of the nomination forms.[5]
There are additional pictures, and information available from the Historic American Engineering Record at the Library of Congress.[6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Wilbur Smith and Associates, The Columbia Canal Study, Columbia, SC, 1979?, 110 pp.
- ^ Edgar, Walter, ed. The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, 2006, p. 208, ISBN 1-57003-598-9
- ^ Pictures of the Columbia Canal.
- ^ Columbia Canal nomination form.
- ^ Prints and Photographs Online Catalog - Search for "Columbia Canal"