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Historic Canals and Waterways of South Carolina (Hardcover)
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Historic Canals and Waterways of South Carolina (Hardcover)
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This is the first history of the canal boom that revolutionized
transportation in the Palmetto State. South Carolina's first
transportation revolution was the development of a network of
canals and waterways. From the 1790s to the 1830s, the Palmetto
State was a preeminent leader in infrastructure improvements and
developed an extensive system of more than two thousand miles of
canals and waterways connecting virtually every part of the state
with the coast and the port of Charleston. Robert J. Kapsch
expertly recounts the complex history of innovation, determination,
and improvement that fueled the canal boom in
early-nineteenth-century South Carolina. At the center of the
state's waterway system was the Santee Canal, constructed between
1793 and 1800 to tie the Santee River and its upcountry watershed
with the Cooper River and Charleston Harbor in the south. The
Santee Canal was America's first summit-level canal - the most
complex type of canal to plan, design, and build. Following the War
of 1812, South Carolina set about building additional canals and
improving navigation on the state's rivers to enable downstream
commerce with Charleston via the Santee Canal. During this era
South Carolina spent more money per citizen on internal
improvements than did any other state. Kapsch chronicles the
development and execution of these projects as well as the
involvement of major figures in this effort, including John
Christian Senf, Robert Mills, Abram Blanding, and Joel R. Poinsett.
As Kapsch notes, the geography of South Carolina dictated the
development of its canals and river navigation schemes, but it was
cotton, the state's all-important cash crop, that necessitated this
mode of transportation. The goal was to transport cotton from
plantations across the state to the port of Charleston for
shipment. From the first settlement in South Carolina, economic
success was in fact dependent on waterways. But in the 1830s the
canal boom ended when another transportation innovation, the
railroad, superseded waterway travel as primary link to the ports.
In this first comprehensive account of South Carolina's canal
history, Kapsch relies on his experience as an engineer and
historical researcher, as well as on numerous maps and
illustrations, to tell a fascinating and forgotten tale from South
Carolina's past.
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