Adger's Wharf

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Description:

Photograph showing the damage caused by the earthquake that occurred on August 31, 1886 to a group of warehouses at Adger's Wharf. Handwritten at the bottom read, "Charleston Earthquake scene - warehouse on Adger's Wharf". The 1886 Charleston city directory lists Adger's Wharf as opposite Tradd Street on East Bay.