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Northwest Boundary Dike

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Northwest Boundary Dike
Nearest cityHopkins, South Carolina
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
MPSCongaree Swamp National Monument MPS
NRHP reference No.96001100[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 25, 1996

Northwest Boundary Dike is a historic earthen dike located near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1840 by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Northwest Boundary Dike measures approximately 10-to-30-foot-wide-by-5-foot-high, and runs for approximately 2000 feet.[2][3]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Jill Hanson (n.d.). "Northwest Boundary Dike" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. ^ "Northwest Boundary Dike, Richland County (Address Restricted)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.