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Chapman (relocated), Pickens County

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Inventory Number: SC/40-39-01x
County: Pickens County
Township:
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Chapman (relocated)
Crosses: Clearwater Creek
Truss type: Modified Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 128'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1923-24 (M1969)
Builder: James Bannister Craig contractor
When Lost: 04 Jun 1974
Cause: Lightning
Latitude: N34 55.10
Longitude: W082 52.865
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: At Keowee-Toxaway State Park.

Chapman Bridge (after relocation), Pickens County, SC Built 1923-24 (M1969) Lightning 4 Jun 1974
Richard E. Roy Collection

Chapman Bridge (original location), Oconee County, SC Built 1923-24 Moved 1969
Richard Donovan/Trish Kane Collection

Comments:
Moved 1969. It was originally built on the abutments of a 1907 steel span that was destroyed in the flood caused by the Toxaway Dam failure on August 13, 1916. The bridge was disassembled in 1969 and moved to Keowee-Toxaway State Park to make way for the Lake Keowee project. After it was moved, it was entirely in Pickens County. Coordinates are at possible location.

Sources:
Hembree, Claudia Whitmire. Jocassee Valley, 2003, pages 23, 38-42
Busha, Charles H. Chapman Covered Bridge on the Keowee and the Men Who Built It (1923-1924), 2002
Pickens Sentinel Newspaper, April 30, 1997, pages 1B & 3B
South Carolina Wildlife Magazine, May-June 1979, page 20
Pickens Sentinel Newspaper, July 13, 1974, page 1
Seneca Journal Newspaper, February 6, 1974, page 4-A
Carolina Highways Magazine, December 1970, pages 25 & 30
Sandlapper Magazine, April 1968, Front Cover and page 12
The Greenville News, November 25, 1967, page 1
Sloan, Eugene B. Scenic South Carolina, 1966, page 184
Anderson Independent Newspaper, February 23, 1958, page 36
Carolina Highways Magazine, July 1950, page 11
Rogers, Howard. Notebook of North & South Carolina Covered Bridges, 2005