Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project, 1934-1943.

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Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project, 1934-1943.

The material on the reel is from the files of the Public Works Administration (PWA) pertaining to the Santee-Cooper Power Project. The reel includes a copy of Act 887 which established the South Carolina Public Service Authority for the Project in 1934 and technical charts which contain supporting data pertaining to the construction of the Project. A portion of the reel is devoted to R.M. Jefferies, Sr., and W.J. McLeod, Jr.'s defense of their costs while serving as General Counsel to the Authority.

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United States. Public Works Administration

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The Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project to improve navigation on and provide hydro-electric power from the Santee and Cooper Rivers was authorized by the South Carolina legislature in 1934. Federal approval for the Project was granted in 1935 and construction takes place from 1939-1941; power generation begins in 1942. Fossil fuel generating stations constructed in 1951, 1966, 1972, 1977 and 1981 and a nuclear plant, in cooperation with South Carolina Electric & Gas, opened i...

South Carolina Public Service Authority

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McLeod, Walton J.

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Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project

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Jefferies, Richard M. (Richard Manning), 1888-1964

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State legislator and governor (1942-1943) of South Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1942-1952 ; (bulk 1942-1943). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577886 Teacher, editor, lawyer, state legislator, and governor (1942-1943) of South Carolina; as President Pro Tempore of the S.C. Senate, Jefferies succeeded to office in Mar. 1942 following the death of acting Governor Joseph Emile Harley. From the description of Richard M. Jefferies papers, 1942-1964 ; (bu...