Charleston Port Terminal

Description:

Photograph of a row of six white block buildings located beside the railroad tracks running through the Ordnance Depot at the Charleston Port Terminal. They each have a white sign designating them as E 416, E 417, E 418, E 419, E 420 and E 421. A portion of what looks to be another white block building can be seen directly to the right. Handwriting on the reverse identifies the buildings as "TNT Storehouses".

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 10902w

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• Search Terms
  • Magazines (Military buildings)
  • Military depots
  • Ordnance depots
  • Port terminals
  • Railroad tracks
  • Wars