The Santee Canal was one of the earliest canals built in the United States. It was built to provide a direct water route between Charleston and Columbia...

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survey in 1770 to determine the most favorable routes for a canal to connect the Santee River with the Cooper River which would provide a direct outlet...

the Cooper River was initially connected to the Santee River near its navigation head by the Santee Canal, built in the late 18th century. Though the West...

were the South Hadley Canal (opened 1795) in Massachusetts, Santee Canal (opened 1800) in South Carolina, the Middlesex Canal (opened 1802) also in Massachusetts...

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town grew after it was connected to Charleston by the Santee Canal in 1800, one of the first canals in the United States. As dissatisfaction of the planters...

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a diversion canal built concurrently with the dam. This artificial rerouting of the Cooper River basin has effectively unified the Santee and Cooper River...

system viable through agricultural reform." "At Pooshee plantation on the Santee Canal not too far from Woodboo, Ruffin stated that a young slave boy went to...