Little River (Oconee County, South Carolina)
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| Little River | |
| River | |
| Country | USA |
|---|---|
| State | South Carolina |
| Region | Oconee County |
| Source | Salem, South Carolina |
| - coordinates | 34°54′58″N 83°0′9″W / 34.91611°N 83.0025°W |
| Mouth | Seneca, South Carolina |
| - coordinates | 34°44′08″N 82°53′29″W / 34.73556°N 82.89139°W |
The Little River originally flowed 27.0 miles (43.5 km)[1] from its headwaters in northern Oconee County, South Carolina near Salem into the Keowee River northeast of Seneca.[2]
The Little River was dammed at Newry, South Carolina in the 1890s to power the Newry Mill of the Courtenay Manufacturing Company.[3]
In the early 1960s, the lower part of the Little River was flooded by the Lake Hartwell reservoir. In the early 1970s, the Little River Dam[4] was built upstream of Newry as one of two dams to form Lake Keowee. The upstream portion of the Little River remains free flowing.[5]
The Little River was in the heart of the Cherokee Lower Towns region. Several Cherokee towns were located along the river.
[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 26, 2011
- ^ "Little River". Geographic Names Information Service. U.S. Geological Survey. 13 July 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1229934. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ Watson, Mary; Wells, John, Schader, Mark, and Matthews, Nancy (5 December 1981). "Newry Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/oconee/S10817737008/S10817737008.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "Little River Dam". Geographic Names Information Service. U.S. Geological Survey. 1 September 1992. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1238311. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ^ "Lake Keowee". www.southcarolinalakes.net. http://www.southcarolinalakes.net/Lake_Keowee.html. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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