https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:54:00 -0500 Charleston Water System, SC - Get the latest additions to photo gallery en-us https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=19 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=19/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=20 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=20/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=21 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=21/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=22 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=22/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=23 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=23/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=24 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=24/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=25 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=25/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=26 Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=26/635273244000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=15 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Water Buffaloes are large portable tanks that hold 400 - 500 gallons of water. Taps are located on the back and either side. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=15/635272380000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=16 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Water Buffaloes are large portable tanks that hold 400 - 500 gallons of water. Taps are located on the back and either side. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=16/635272380000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=17 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The Water Wagon dispenses chilled water from three taps on each side. It must be connected to a water source—a hose bib or a fire hydrant. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=17/635272380000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=18 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The Water Wagon dispenses chilled water from three taps on each side. It must be connected to a water source—a hose bib or a fire hydrant. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=18/635272380000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=1 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The artesian well pumps that once provided water for the City of Charleston still stand but are now dry. The wells stopped producing water after Hurricane Hugo in 1989. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=1/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=2 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Engineers' cottages at the Hanahan Steam Pumping Station, 1905. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=2/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=3 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 John Snow, the world’s first epidemiologist, is credited with stopping a cholera outbreak in London in 1854 by tracing it to a water pump. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=3/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=4 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Robert Koch is considered a founders of modern bacteriology and medicine. His work in the late 1800s helped establish the germ theory of disease and develop methods for preventing the spread of disease. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=4/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=5 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Louis Pasteur is considered a founder of modern bacteriology and medicine. His work in the late 1800s helped establish the germ theory of disease and develop methods for preventing the spread of disease. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=5/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=6 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The Ashley River at Bacon’s Bridge was tapped for a supplemental water supply following the Goose Creek dam break in 1916 and severe drought in 1917 – 1918. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=6/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=7 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Charleston Water's 50,000th meter installation, 1968. Former Manager/Engineer John Bettis (1954 - 1985), far left, Charleston Mayor J. Palmer Gaillard, center, with representatives from Neptune Meter Co. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=7/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=8 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The Edisto Tunnel intake under construction, 1928. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=8/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=9 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 An engineer at work in the Gibson Pump Station, 1951. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=9/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=10 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 The Gibson Pump Station under construction, 1947. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=10/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=11 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 J. Ross Hanahan, Charleston Water's first Board Chairman (1917 - 1923). https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=11/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=12 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 James E. Gibson, Charleston Water's first Manager / Engineer, 1917 - 1947. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=12/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=13 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Grand opening of the McDowell Tunnel, which supplemented the Goose Creek Reservoir with water from the new Bushy Park Reservoir, 1954. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=13/635260284000000000 https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=14 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500 Handmining the Edisto Tunnel, 1928. https://www.charlestonwater.com/Gallery.aspx?PID=14/635260284000000000