Aug 15, 2013
GEORGETOWN (WBTW) - If you're in downtown Georgetown soon, you'll likely notice an outstanding addition to the streetscape: a large, rusted, barnacled, ship propeller.
The South Carolina Maritime Museum recently accepted a donation of the propeller, which came from the Norwegian steamship Leif Eriksson, which sank off the coast between Georgetown and Charleston in February, 1905.
According to the Georgetown Times, the Georgetown Propeller Club and Lowcountry Marine Salvage helped make the donation possible. The Eriksson wreck was not positively identified until 2007, and since then the preservation groups have worked to keep the propeller from going for scrap metal. (Read more from the Times here.)
According to excerpts from a New York Times article at the time, the Eriksson collided in poor weather conditions with a Standard Oil-owned steamship, City of Everett. Two men died, according to the paper, while 20 men were rescued.
For now, the propeller is propped up against the side of the museum's building on Front Street.
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