Charleston Port Terminal
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Description:
Sepia toned photograph of a large stack of hay bales for the Animal Embarkation Depot at the Charleston Port Terminal. A woman and two men can be seen standing at the top of the hay pyramid and several men are visible on the ground unloading bales from railroad cars (see also MK 10902z).
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 10880vv
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