what resources they had to benefit their communities, bringing to fruition what many had dismissed as impossible.
Lake Marion And Lake Moultrie, South Carolina
Products of the Santee Cooper
Project in the early 1940s, Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie are connected and cover about 110,000 acres in five South Carolina coun- ties: Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter. They were named for Revolutionary War heroes Francis Marion and William Moultrie, who also served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of the state. The concept of connecting the
Santee and Cooper rivers, once tied together by the Santee Canal, was re-introduced in the 1920s by T.C. Williams, a Columbia businessman and entrepreneur. He
Lake Marion, SC
wanted to build a lowland hydro- electric project, carving out two huge lakes and building locks to provide a waterway. In 1926, after surveying Lowcountry swamps and woodlands, Williams obtained a federal license for construction. His dream, however, was a victim of the Great Depression. The idea was resurrected in 1933
by a group of men that included Strom Thurmond, who later served as governor of South Carolina and in the U.S. Senate for nearly half a century. President Franklin D. Roosevelt promised federal funding
“His dream, however, was a victim of the
Great Depression.”
for the project to meet the public demand for electricity in rural parts of the state. He was convinced by U.S. Sen. James F. Byrnes that the money would help avert an economic
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