Oliver Bolt's Cotton Gin

Oliver Bolt's Cotton Gin is a South Carolina historical marker in Anderson, Anderson County, dedicated 1997.

Anderson County · dedicated 1997 · 3200 block of W. Whitner St. (S.C. Hwy. 24), 3 mi. W of Anderson and 1.3 mi. W of its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 128, Anderson

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The first cotton gin to be powered by electricity transmitted over a long distance stood near this site on the farm of Oliver "Duck" Bolt (1847-1922). In 1897 Bolt, whose gin had previously been powered by a steam engine, contracted with the Anderson Water, Light, and Power Company to furnish electricity for a 20-horsepower electric motor from its new plant at Portman Shoals, 7 mi. W on the Seneca River.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Oliver Bolt's Cotton Gin

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