So here’s a really old picture. Where is it? A clue may be the statue on the right side of the image. Bonus points for telling us where that statue is today. Send us your guess – as well as your name and hometown – to feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s phot0, “Old bridge,” must look like a lot of bridges because we got lots of guesses for places across the state. However, the bridge in the picture was a 1968 Library of Congress image that showed a span across the Santee Diversion Canal on S.C. Highway 45 at Eadytown in Berkeley County. According to the LOC website, “the South Carolina Highway Department’s use of salvaged steel trusses from the U.S. 15 Santee River Bridge, completed in 1927, also adds to the distinctiveness of the bridge. The SC 45 Santee Cooper Diversion Canal Bridge is perhaps the first salvaged bridge project undertaken by the South Carolina Highway Department.”
Hats off to everyone who correctly identified the picture, including: Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Jay Altman, Elizabeth Jones and David Montgomery, all of Columbia; Roger Stafford of West Columbia; Tina McMahon of North Augusta, Florida; Bessie Sutton of Lamar; Don Clark of Hartsville, Tenley Courtney of Eutawville; Mark H. Williams of Florence; Penny Forrester of Tallahassee, Florida; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Curtis Joyner of Charleston; and Pat Keadle of Wagener.
>> Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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