Portman Shoals [Second Marker]

Portman Shoals [Second Marker] is a South Carolina historical marker in Anderson, Anderson County, dedicated 1960.

Anderson County · dedicated 1960 · S.C. Hwy. 24 at the Seneca River, 1 mi. S of I-85, E of Anderson, Anderson

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1,000 feet due north on a site now covered by Hartwell Reservoir, the Portman Shoals Power Plant, built by William C. Whitner, began in 1897 the transmission of high-voltage electricity over the longest lines then in use for that purpose in the United States. The success of this plant caused Anderson to be called "The Electric City."

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Portman Shoals [Second Marker]

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