Portman Shoals
One thousand feet due north on a site now covered by Hartwell Reservoir, the Portman Shoals Power Plant, built by William C. Whitner, began the transmission of high-voltage electricity in 1897 over the longest lines then used for that purpose in the United States. The success of this plant caused Anderson to be called "The Electric City."
Marker is on Savannah River Scenic Byway (South Carolina Route 24) 0.1 miles east of Keowee Club Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
