Ashley River, South Carolina

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Ashley River in South Carolina is a historic tidal river near Charleston, lined with former rice plantations and notable sites such as Middleton Place.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
adjacentTo Ashley River Road (SC Highway 61) ⓘ
Drayton Hall ⓘ
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens ⓘ
Middleton Place ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (via Charleston Harbor) ⓘ
linked to: Ravenel Bridge

Ashley River Memorial Bridge ⓘ
T. Allen Legare Bridge ⓘ
drainageBasin Atlantic Coast watershed ⓘ
ecosystemType estuarine ⓘ
flowsInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston
forms part of the boundary of Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
hasEstuary Ashley River estuary ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Ashley River Historic District ⓘ
hasMouthPosition near downtown Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
hasNearbyAirport Charleston International Airport ⓘ
hasNearbyPort Port of Charleston ⓘ
hasNearbyUniversity Medical University of South Carolina ⓘ
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina ⓘ
hasTributary Bacons Bridge Creek ⓘ
Church Creek (South Carolina) ⓘ
Saw Mill Branch ⓘ
linked to: Sawmill Branch
historicalSignificance associated with enslaved African labor on rice plantations ⓘ
center of colonial-era plantation economy ⓘ
isTidal yes ⓘ
knownFor former rice plantations ⓘ
historic plantations along its banks ⓘ
scenic tidal marshes ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places (Ashley River Historic District) ⓘ
locatedIn Charleston County, South Carolina ⓘ
Dorchester County, South Carolina ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Charleston Harbor ⓘ
near Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston

Fort Dorchester (Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site) ⓘ
partOf Lowcountry (South Carolina) ⓘ
protectedBy local conservation easements ⓘ
region Southeastern United States ⓘ
sourceRegion Dorchester County, South Carolina ⓘ
state South Carolina ⓘ
subjectOf Ashley Scenic River designation efforts ⓘ
usedFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
rice cultivation (historically) ⓘ
waterType brackish ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middleton family → associatedWithPlace → Ashley River, South Carolina ⓘ
Meeting Street (Charleston) → hasNearbyWaterBody → Ashley River (Charleston, South Carolina) ⓘ
linked to: Ashley River, South Carolina