Santee Cooper hydropower project

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The Santee Cooper hydropower project is a large New Deal–era public works development in South Carolina that created lakes and dams to generate hydroelectric power and support regional economic growth.

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instanceOf New Deal public works project ⓘ
hydroelectric power project ⓘ
infrastructure project ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Santee Cooper Power and Navigation Project ⓘ
Santee Cooper project ⓘ
completionDate 1942 ⓘ
connectsWith Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway via Cooper River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developer South Carolina Public Service Authority ⓘ
fundedBy New Deal programs ⓘ
linked to: New Deal
hasEffect creation of major recreational lakes in South Carolina ⓘ
displacement of communities in the Santee River valley ⓘ
increased availability of electric power in rural South Carolina ⓘ
submergence of large areas of forest and farmland ⓘ
hasPart Lake Marion ⓘ
Lake Moultrie ⓘ
Pinopolis Dam ⓘ
Pinopolis Lock ⓘ
Santee Dam ⓘ
diversion canal between Santee River and Cooper River ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places district ⓘ
inception late 1930s ⓘ
industry electric power industry ⓘ
locatedIn South Carolina ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berkeley County, South Carolina ⓘ
Calhoun County, South Carolina ⓘ
Clarendon County, South Carolina ⓘ
Orangeburg County, South Carolina ⓘ
Sumter County, South Carolina ⓘ
locatedNear Charleston, South Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Charleston
locatedOnWaterbody Cooper River ⓘ
Santee River ⓘ
notableFor creation of one of the largest man-made lakes in South Carolina ⓘ
one of the largest land-clearing projects in U.S. history at the time of construction ⓘ
operator Santee Cooper ⓘ
ownedBy South Carolina Public Service Authority ⓘ
partOf New Deal infrastructure expansion in the American South ⓘ
powerSource hydropower ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
improvement of inland navigation ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
rural electrification ⓘ
significantEvent creation of Lake Marion by impoundment of the Santee River ⓘ
creation of Lake Moultrie by impoundment of the Cooper River basin ⓘ
startDate 1939 ⓘ

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Santee River → partOf → Santee Cooper hydropower project ⓘ
Lake Marion → partOf → Santee Cooper Project ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project
Lake Marion → createdBy → Santee Cooper (South Carolina Public Service Authority) ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project
Lake Moultrie → createdBy → Santee Cooper Project ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project
Santee Cooper Lakes → createdBy → Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project
Santee Cooper hydropower project → alsoKnownAs → Santee Cooper project ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project
Santee Cooper hydropower project → alsoKnownAs → Santee Cooper Power and Navigation Project ⓘ
linked to: Santee Cooper hydropower project