- City:
- Pinopolis, SC
- Site Type:
- Dams, Infrastructure and Utilities, Electricity
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
Description
The dam impounding Lake Moultrie was constructed as part of the massive Santee Cooper Project enabled by a $31 million grant-loan by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
South Carolina Encyclopedia: “In 1941 President Roosevelt declared the Santee Cooper a defense project, and one year later the power plant in Pinopolis began generating power. Within two decades it was providing electricity to the majority of the state’s farms as well as industries in surrounding counties.”
Source notes
"South Carolina and the New Deal" by J. I. Hayes (pg. 83): https://books.google.com/books?id=PmxW1H_KtVEC
South Carolina Encyclopedia: https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/santee-cooper/ (accessed Aug. 8, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 7, 2023.
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