Charleston Port Terminal
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Description:
Sepia toned photograph of an elevated view of several donkeys and mules behind fenced corrals in the Animal Embarkation Depot at the Charleston Port Terminal (see also MK 10902a). Donkeys and mules became popular with Allied troops because they could carry large amounts of weight and were easy to maintain.
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
- Collection: Photograph Collection
- Object Name: World War I
- Object Id: MK 10880uu
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