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Charleston Harbor, the Glossary

The Charleston Harbor is an inlet (8 sq mi/20.7 km2) of the Atlantic Ocean at Charleston, South Carolina.^[1]

25 relations: American Civil War, American Society of Civil Engineers, Ashley River, Atlantic Ocean, Charleston in the American Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, Chart datum, Columbia University Press, Cooper River (South Carolina), Fort Sumter, H. L. Hunley (submarine), Inlet, Intracoastal Waterway, Jetty, List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Morris Island, Panamax, Rivers and Harbors Act, Sinking of USS Housatonic, Slave ship, South Carolina Ports Authority, Submarine, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States Army Corps of Engineers, USS Housatonic (1861).

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Society of Civil Engineers

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a tax-exempt professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide.

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Ashley River

The Ashley River is a blackwater and tidal river in South Carolina, rising from the Wassamassaw and Great Cypress Swamps in western Berkeley County.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Charleston in the American Civil War

Charleston, South Carolina, was a hotbed of secession at the start of the American Civil War and an important Atlantic Ocean port city for the fledgling Confederate States of America.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Chart datum

A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights.

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Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University.

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Cooper River (South Carolina)

The Cooper River is a mainly tidal river in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston, South Carolina to defend the region from a naval invasion.

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H. L. Hunley (submarine)

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Inlet

An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea.

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Intracoastal Waterway

The Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) is a inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida, then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville, Texas.

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Jetty

A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water.

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List of waterways forming and crossings of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

This is a list of waterways that form the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, sometimes called the Intracoastal Canal, and crossings (bridges, tunnels and ferries) of it.

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Morris Island

Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat.

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Panamax

Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal.

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Rivers and Harbors Act

Rivers and Harbors Act may refer to one of many pieces of legislation and appropriations passed by the United States Congress since the first such legislation in 1824.

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Sinking of USS Housatonic

The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare.

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Slave ship

Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves.

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The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) owns and operates public seaport facilities in Charleston, as well as Inland Ports in Greer, South Carolina, and Dillon, South Carolina.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Harbor

Also known as Charles Town Harbor, Charles Town Harbour.

Charleston Harbor, the Glossary

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