Fishdam Ford


Fishdam Ford
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fishdam Ford, April 2012
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Location	Southwest of Chester off South Carolina Highway 72, near Chester, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°35′45″N 81°25′20″W / 34.59583°N 81.42222°W / 34.59583; -81.42222Coordinates: 34°35′45″N 81°25′20″W / 34.59583°N 81.42222°W / 34.59583; -81.42222
Area	less than one acre
NRHP Reference #	73001705^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 14, 1973

Fishdam Ford is a historic ford and fish trap located near Chester, Chester County, South Carolina. The ford is believed to be of Native American origin. Adjacent to the ford is a Native American fish trap. Fishdam Ford is not only representative of an aboriginal method of fishing that existed in this country long before the coming of the Europeans but the ford also played an important role in the Colonial history of the Carolina back country.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Thomas M. Ryan (June 1972). "Fishdam Ford" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "Fishdam Ford, Chester County (S.C. Hwy. 72 Bridge over the Broad River)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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