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Historic Dike
Photographer: Stanley and Terrie Howard
Taken: March 8, 2013
Caption: Historic Dike
Additional Description: One of the first tasks the Army Corps of Engineers had to accomplish in order to build Fort Pulaski on the unstable marshlands of Cockspur Island was to construct an earthen dike to prevent flooding. The historic earthen dike is approximately two miles in circumference and twelve feet above sea level. It is still effective today in preventing high tides from submerging Cockspur Island.
Submitted: March 10, 2013, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p236043
File Size: 3.670 Megabytes

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