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  2. CSS Palmetto State - Wikipedia

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    Palmetto State ' s pair of single-cylinder, direct-acting steam engines were taken from the gunboat CSS Lady Davis serving in Charleston. They used steam provided by a pair of horizontal fire-tube boilers built by the locally based Cameron & Company to drive a 8-or-10-foot (2.4 or 3.0 m) propeller. The boilers were probably 11 feet (3.4 m) tall ...

  3. St. Julien Ravenel - Wikipedia

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    St. Julien Ravenel (December 15, 1819 – March 16, 1882) was an American physician and agricultural chemist. During the American Civil War, he designed the torpedo boat CSS David that was used to attack the Union ironclad USS New Ironsides.

  4. Palmetto Regiment - Wikipedia

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    1853 Palmetto Regiment Monument, by Christopher Werner at the South Carolina State House. The Palmetto Regiment of Volunteers of South Carolina was an infantry regiment that participated in the Mexican–American War. It suffered heavy losses and was known for the first American colors over Mexico City, when it raised its regimental flag.

  5. Precision Boat Works - Wikipedia

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    Precision Boat Works, Inc. is an American boat builder, initially based in Palmetto, Florida and now in Sarasota, Florida. From 1978 until 2018, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats, but today just produces parts for their existing fleet. [1] [2] [3]

  6. Francis Marion National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The forest is a multiple use area. Recreation opportunities include campsites, rifle ranges, boat ramps, and several trails for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, including the Palmetto Trail, as well as off-road motorcycling and atv riding

  7. How did SC get the Palmetto State nickname? It wasn’t just ...

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  8. Fort Moultrie - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, a battery of two 16-inch guns designated BCN 125 was proposed for James Island, south of Charleston Harbor, but was never built. [10] The unnamed battery of four 155 mm M1918 towed guns on concrete Panama mounts was established in 1941 to quickly augment Charleston's harbor defenses. [18] 12-inch casemated gun, similar to those of ...

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