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Charleston Earthquake 1886

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1. hjk00001.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Torsional displacement of a chimney on the west side of Church Street, between Queen and Broad, looking southwest. ID. Hillers, J.K.    1
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2. hjk00002.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Damage to St. Philip's Church. Photo by C.C. Jones. Plate 16, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-88). ID. Hillers, J.K.    2
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3. hjk00003.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Brick house at 157 Tradd Street. ID. Hillers, J.K.    3
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4. hjk00004.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Wooden house in Lincolnville which was thrown by the earthquake. ID. Hillers, J.K.    4
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5. hjk00005.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Gable of a brick House at the corner of Queen and Mazyck Streets. ID. Hillers, J.K.    5
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6. hjk00006.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Thrown gable and twisted chimney at the residence of Bishop Lynchat on Broad Street opposite Orange, looking northeast. ID. Hillers, J.K.    6
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7. hjk00007.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Damaged foundations of wooden houses. ID. Hillers, J.K.    7
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8. hjk00008.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Displaced portico of the synagogue on Hazel Street. ID. Hillers, J.K.    8
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9. hjk00009.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Derailed locomotive on Ten Mile Hill. September 1886. Plate 19, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-1888). ID. Hillers, J.K.    9
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10. hjk00010.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Large craterlet on Ten Mile Hill. Photo by C.C. Jones, September 1886. Plate 20, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-1888) ID. Hillers, J.K.   10
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11. hjk00011.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Craterlet on Ten Mile Hill. ID. Hillers, J.K.   11
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12. hjk0011a.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Craterlet and curled mud flakes on Ten Mile Hill. Photo by C.C. Jones, September 1886. Plate 21, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-1888). ID. Hillers, J.K.   11a
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13. hjk00012.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Sinkhole under a house on Ten Mile Hill. ID. Hillers, J.K.   12
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14. hjk00013.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Fissure and a wrecked brick house on Tradd Street. ID. Hillers, J.K.   13
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15. hjk00014.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Craterlet on Ten Mile Hill. ID. Hillers, J.K.   14
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16. hjk0014a.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Displaced coping on the portico of the old guardhouse on the southwest corner of Meeting and Broad Streets. Photo by C.C. Jones, September 1886. Plate 15, Annual Report 9 of the United States Geological Survey 1887-88. ID. Hillers, J.K.   14a
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17. hjk00015.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Broken cornice on St. Michael's Church and view down Meeting Street. Photo by C.C. Jones, September 1886. Plate:/Zuni 14, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-1888). ID. Hillers, J.K.   15
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18. hjk00016.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. The worst earthquake wreck in Charleston. ID. Hillers, J.K.   16
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19. hjk00017.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Damaged chimneys at the southwest corner of Beaufin and Archdale Streets. ID. Hillers, J.K.   17
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20. hjk00018.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Displaced towers and coping of the city hospital on the southwest corner of Luzon and Magazine Streets. ID. Hillers, J.K.   18
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21. hjk00019.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Damaged tower and coping of the city hospital on the southwest corner of Luzon and Magazine Streets. Photo by C.C. Jones, September 1886. Plate 18, U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 9 (1887-1888). ID. Hillers, J.K.   19
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22. hjk00020.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Brick wall of the city Jail on Magazine Street near Luzon, fissured by earthquake. ID. Hillers, J.K.   20
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23. hjk00021.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Displaced monument in the cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church on the southwest corner of Meeting and Tradd Streets. ID. Hillers, J.K.   21
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24. hjk00022.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Displaced monument in the cemetery of the Unitarian Church. ID. Hillers, J.K.   22
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25. hjk00023.gif Charleston, South Carolina, Earthquake August 31, 1886. Broken monument in the cemetery of St. John's Lutheran Church. ID. Hillers, J.K.   23
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