Origsize: .868" x 1.181"; Origformat: Negative; Resolution: 250 dpi
Name/Title
Demolition of SC Canal and Railroad Building
Entry/Object ID
2016.021.19
Description
B&W photograph (scan) of the demolition and ruins of (possibly) the steam boiler repair facility that was part of the Southern Railway Co. complex located at the corner of Meeting and Columbus Streets. Note the cupola atop the standing building on the site. A crane stands in the middle of the ruins.
Images 2 and 3 provided as reference. #2 shows the nearly identical view as the demolition photograph. #3 shows the Meeting Street elevation of the building.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records
Acquisition
Accession
2016.021
Source or Donor
Pelham Lyles
Acquisition Method
Other
Credit Line
Courtesy of Fairfield County Historical Museum
Made/Created
Artist
Nielsen, Johannes V., d. 1993
Date made
1953
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Cupolas
Search Terms
Lost Architecture, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Southern Railway Company--Buildings, Railroad facilities--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston, South Carolina Railroad
Location
Location
Building
Digital File
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
Location
Building
Computer File
Category
Permanent
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2016.016.02, 2018.005.30, 2018.005.31a-b
Provenance
Notes
Originally provided by Fairfield County Historical Museum to Wade Fairey (of Roots & Recall website), with permission to share with HCF's Archives. Photographs were discovered during the cleaning out of a building in Winnsboro, SC, where the photographer had a studio. Nielsen worked as a reporter and photographer the News & Courier.
Copyright
Copyright Details
Permission to publish must be obtained from Fairfield County Historical Museum.
General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging Note
Note
Scans and information created and provided by Grant Mishoe in July 2016. Photos 2 and 3 from "South Carolina Railroad Stations of the ACL, SAL, Southern & related railroads," compiled and edited by John F. Gilbert. (Raleigh, NC: Crossties Press Books, 2000).
