Pinopolis Locks Sc
by Skip Willits
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Pinopolis Locks Sc
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Skip Willits
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Photograph - Epson Lustre Paper
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A few years back I took a trip with 25 vets by canoe and Kayak 75 miles from Columbia to Charleston. Along the way we had to take the locks between two of the largest lakes in South Carolina. It was quite the trip.
From 1938 to 1942, the state of South Carolina created Lake Moultrie, surrounded by thirty-two (32) miles of dams and dikes, with a hydroelectric plant and Pinopolis Lock at the outlet or Tailrace Canal near Moncks Corner. This new lake effectively replaced the Old Santee Canal and inundated all of it on the Cooper River side of the summit except for the last three miles.
The Diversion Canal was built at the same time as the Pinopolis Lock, and it is about four miles south of SC-45, connecting Lake Marion with Lake Moultrie. Both the lock and the canal are currently in operation.
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March 3rd, 2021
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