Gaston Shoals Hydroelectric Station
USA /
South Carolina /
East Gaffney /
World
/ USA
/ South Carolina
/ East Gaffney
World / United States / South Carolina
dam, hydroelectric power station/plant
The Gaston Shoals Hydroelectric Station was completed by the Electric Manufacturing & Power Company by 1908. The hydroelectric plant provided power to Blacksburg, Gaffney, Cowpens, Converse, Clifton, Pacolet, and Spartanburg. The electricity powered cotton mills, mill towns, street lights and the Spartanburg trolley known as Palmetto Traction. Today Gaston Shoals is still in use by Duke Energy.
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Coordinates: 35°8'21"N 81°36'1"W
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