• Episode 298: Illuminating the Streets of Early Charleston

  • Dec 13 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
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Episode 298: Illuminating the Streets of Early Charleston

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  • Can you imagine navigating the streets and roads of Charleston County between dusk and dawn without the aid of street lamps? The earliest inhabitants of this area relied on moonlight to guide their steps at night, but a campaign to provide nocturnal illumination commenced in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. The number of street lamps fueled by whale oil, then manufactured gas, then electricity gradually increased over the decades, establishing the comforting but unnatural glow that brightens the night sky over modern Charleston.
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