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Charleston Gas Light Company

THIS BUILDING, ERECTED IN 1878 BY THE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY A PIONEER IN PUBLIC SERVICE   WAS DESIGNED BY EDWARD BRICKELL WHITE SOLDIER ENGINEER ARCHITECT   THE SOUTH CAROLINA POWER COMPANY...

THIS BUILDING, ERECTED IN 1878 BY THE
CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY
A PIONEER IN PUBLIC SERVICE
 
WAS DESIGNED BY
EDWARD BRICKELL WHITE
SOLDIER ENGINEER ARCHITECT
 
THE SOUTH CAROLINA POWER COMPANY IS THE OUTGROWTH OF THE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, THE OLDEST MEMBER BODY IN ITS CORPORATE HISTORY, WHICH WAS FOUNDED 102 YEARS AGO ON DECEMBER 18, 1846.
 
PLACED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA POWER COMPANY 1948
APPROVED BY THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF CHARLESTON, S.C.

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