Pepper Bear rode with on the route below to Demopolis, AL from Charlotte, NC on Wednesday July 20, 2011. We deviated from the usual route that follows I-85 to visit Lockhart, SC (flag B on Map). This side trip was to investigate a hydro electric power plant at this place. My interest in this place arises from my historical investigations of the Spaulding Fibre Company (aka J. Spaulding & Sons Company) and their engineer I. W. Jones of Milton, NH. The hydro electric plant was sited at Lockhart Shoals in SC on the Broad River to power a cotton mill there. The design of a dam, canal, and turbine generator building was begun by I.W. Jones Engineers in 1909 and the project was completed in 1920. The cotton mill at Lockhart operated until 1980 when Milliken & Company, the owner then, shut the Lockhart mill down.
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| Our Route on Wednesday July 20, 2011 from Charlotte, NC to Demopolis, AL via Lockhart, SC |
The hydro electric power station continued to operate supplying electricity to homes and business in the vicinity. Pictures from the visit follow:
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| Pepper Bear and Me at Lockhart Mill Gate in Lockhart, SC |
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| Mill Smoke Stack at Site of Lockhart Mill on Broad River in SC |
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| Lockhart Power Station with 1920 on Arch |
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| Generators at Lockhart Power Company |
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Gate Through Which Lockhart Employees Entered the Mill by
Crossing the Power Canal on a Bridge |
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| Bridge that Connected the Mill Town of Lockhart to the Lockhart Mill |
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| Art Shot of Lockhart Mill Smoke Stack Reflected in Power Plant Canal |
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