Citation Information
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Title
Santee Cooper
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Coverage
1785 –
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Author
T. Robert Hart
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Keywords
railroads virtually eliminated the need for the inland waterway, Thomas C. Williams, an engineer and steamboat operator, gained rights to rebuild the canal and reopen the area to inland navigation, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave the Public Service Authority approval to draw on funding from the Public Works Administration, making the Santee Cooper project (as it was quickly dubbed) the largest New Deal program in the Palmetto State, became the largest land-clearing project in United States history and created the largest single-lift lock in the world
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/santee-cooper/view/images
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Access Date
March 24, 2023
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Original Published Date
August 1, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 23, 2022
