On May 1, 1800, 14 planters gathered at Woodboo Plantation between Moncks Corner and Pineville to organize the St. John’s Hunting Club: •George Porcher of Cedar Springs (provided the meal) •Gen. William A. Moultrie of Northhampton •Stephen Mazyck of Woodboo •Col. John Christian Senf, chief engineer of the Santee Canal •George B. Artrope •Paul
The South Carolina Legislature passed an act to establish a “Company for the Inland Navigation from the Santee River to the Cooper River” on March 22, 1786. This “Santee Canal Company” was given the right to levy tolls, purchase land not to exceed 1,000 acres, and establish and operate a ferry at the north end
The Santee Canal began at White Oak Bluff on the Santee River. Henry Mouzon, the original surveyor, had determined the river was normally 270 feet wide and 18-20 feet deep at this point. Col. John Christian Senf, the engineer, designed the canal to be 35 feet wide at the surface, 32 feet wide at the
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