Charleston, SC

As I mentioned earlier, I am stretching my rules a little bit when I include pictures of things with patent dates, but since this is my blog, I can do that.  Here is one from Charleston, SC.  This was taken on E. Bay St., just north of the Battery.  For those not familiar with its history, the first battle of the Civil War began in Charleston when Confederates fired on (and captured) Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor.   

A little over 50 years later, the city's industrial capacity was being used to lay water lines instead of weaponry...