Demolition of SC Canal and Railroad Building

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Demolition & Ruins of SC RR Buildings

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

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Computer File

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).

Created By

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Create Date

June 28, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

October 12, 2023