Charleston Port Terminal

Description:

Sepia toned photograph of several men as they are unloading hay bales from a railroad car for the Animal Embarkation Depot at the Charleston Port Terminal (see also MK 10902cc). Burton positioned his camera on the ground by the railroad tracks to capture his subjects who have all turned to pose for the picture.

In 1918 the United States Government requisitioned 2000 acres located between North Charleston and the mouth of Goose Creek (approximately 15 miles north of the Charleston Harbor) for the Charleston Army Depot. The quartermaster facility along with the Ordnance Depot and the Animal Embarkation Depot formed what would officially be titled the Charleston Port Terminal but called the "Army Base Terminal" by the locals.

• Title: Charleston Port Terminal
• Photographer: [Burton, E. Milby (1898-1977)]
• Date: 1919

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: World War I
• Object Id: MK 10880ww

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• Search Terms
  • Hay bales
  • Military depots
  • Port terminals
  • Railroad cars
  • Wars