Bridge Abutments

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Bridge Abutments
Nearest city Hopkins, South Carolina
Area0 acres (0 ha)
MPS Congaree Swamp National Monument MPS
NRHP reference No. 96001093 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1996

Bridge Abutments are four pair of historic earthen bridge abutments located in Congaree National Park near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. They were built by settlers (possibly Isaac Huger) in the 1780s in the Congaree Swamp to provide a means of transporting produce and livestock to markets in cities, such as Charleston. They vary in size from 5-to-10-feet high and 10-to-15-feet wide. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Jill Hanson (n.d.). "Bridge Abutments" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Bridge Abutments, Richland County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.