Built 1840 (1840) Opened 1840 Added to NRHP 25 November 1996 | NRHP Reference # 96001100 Area 6,100 m² | |
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MPS Congaree Swamp National Monument MPS | ||
Northwest Boundary Dike is a historic earthen dike located near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1840 by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Northwest Boundary Dike measures approximately 10-to-30-foot-wide-by-5-foot-high, and runs for approximately 2000 feet.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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