Charleston Port Terminal

Description:

Sepia toned photograph of the Charleston Port Terminal under construction. Burton shot this image from an elevated position to capture the entire construction site as well as the Cooper River.

In 1918 the United States Government requisitioned 2000 acres located between North Charleston and the mouth of Goose Creek (approximately 15 miles north of the Charleston Harbor) for the Charleston Army Depot. The quartermaster facility along with the Ordnance Depot and the Animal Embarkation Depot formed what would officially be titled the Charleston Port Terminal but called the "Army Base Terminal" by locals.

• Title: Charleston Port Terminal
• Photographer: [Burton, E. Milby (1898-1977)]
• Date: 1918

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: World War I
• Object Id: MK 10902j

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