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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

In the street in front of this beautiful antebellum house at the corner of Tradd Street and Rutledge Avenue lies the remains of a torpedo boat (which looked a lot like a submarine, but never fully submerged in the water), which was  abandoned and left to rot in the water that used to be there. You can see a very cool photo of it here. In 1998, a team using ground penetrating radar found anomalies under the pavement of Tradd Street which resembled the boat. But since that area has long been filled in and is now under Tradd Street, it was never excavated. Pretty cool to think it is there though.

Torpedo Boat

In front of this beautiful antebellum house at the corner of Tradd Street and Rutledge Avenue lies the remains of a torpedo boat (which looked a lot like a submarine, but never fully submerged in the water), which was  abandoned and left to rot in the water that used to be there. You can see a very cool photo of it here. In 1998, a team using ground penetrating radar found anomalies under the pavement of Tradd Street which resembled the boat. But since that area has long been filled in and is now under Tradd Street, it was never excavated. Pretty cool to think it is there though.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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