Dead River Dike


Dead River Dike
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Hopkins, South Carolina
Area	37 acres (15 ha)
MPS	Congaree Swamp National Monument MPS
NRHP Reference #	96001099^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1996

Dead River Dike is a historic earthen dike located near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Dead River Dike is an L-shaped earthen structure measuring 4-to-5-foot high, with one leg approximately 2000 feet long and the second approximately 800 feet long.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Jill Hanson (n.d.). "Dead River Dike" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
↑ "Dead River Dike, Richland County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.

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