8-3 Santee Canal
Posted by: 
mikemtn
N 33° 12.631 W 079° 58.835
17S E 595004 N 3675088
Located on US 52 at US 17-A .5 mile North at the canal. There is no information on the marker or in the book about who erected it or when it was erected.
Waymark Code: WMV8B
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2006
Views: 54
Text: This canal, twenty-two miles in length, connects the Santee and Cooper Rivers. Chartered in 1786, construction was commenced in 1793, and completed in 1800, under the direction of Col. John Christian Senf, a native of Sweden, as chief engineer. The canal was in operation until about 1850.
