Charleston Port Terminal

Description:

Photograph of several donkeys and mules in the corrals of the Animal Embarkation Depot at the Charleston Port Terminal. Donkeys and mules became popular with Allied troops because they could carry large amounts of weight and were easy to maintain. The image was shot from the top of a large stack of hay bales (see 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 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 10902y

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  • Corrals
  • Donkeys
  • Military depots
  • Mules
  • Port terminals
  • Wars