Aiken Inclined Plane and its role in the railroad
Early Aiken descriptions recount a stationary engine on Aiken Hill powering a large wheel to haul cars up from Horse Creek Valley and lower them down the incline. The system enabled the Charleston Hamburg route, shaping Aiken’s rail line, with artist Phil Permar depicting the apparatus for the Sesquicentennial Edition.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Aiken Hill
Horse Creek Valley
Charleston
Hamburg
Phil Permar
Park Avenue
Railroad Avenue
Aiken Standard
America
Satellite Dish Debate To City Council Tonight
Aiken City Council holds public hearing at 7 30 tonight on an ordinance to restrict satellite dish antennas to back yards and classify antennas as structures. City Hall is at 214 Park Ave SW. The panel also gives first reading to the 1985 municipal election schedule to fill three council seats.
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Aiken
Park Ave
S.W
Citzens
Larry F. Lowe
Roy E. Cole
Lowe
Cole
Derailments Hit Aiken County in Weekend Spills
Three people were injured in a Seaboard System derailment about 8 this morning on the Savannah River Plant property. It follows Saturday’s 28 car derailment that caused a chemical spill and fires but posed no danger to Jackson residents, with track repairs and rail traffic resuming by Sunday evening.
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Seaboard System
Aiken County
Jackson
Savannah River
Seaboard
Cliff Webb
DOE
Jackson Area
Aiken
S.C
Ray Bullard
Umbrella Urges Amid Varied Rain Chance Through Midweek
Weather outlook calls for 60 percent rain tonight with mid-50s low, 30 percent showers tomorrow in the low 70s. Wednesday remains cloudy with more showers, 60s to 70s highs and 40s lows. Thursday cools to 50s, 30s, and Friday looks partly cloudy and cool.
Derailment Proves A Test By Officials In South Carolina
Eight railroad tank cars carrying an explosive chemical derailed Saturday morning near Aiken County. The incident tested the county's emergency response capabilities. no injuries were reported as the Seaboard Coastline train exploded after derailment.
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Jackson
Ginny Southworth
Aiken County
Seaboard
DOE Confirms NPR Proposal Release Is Accurate
DOE confirms a Thurmond office release about refurbishing a Hanford reactor and building a new Savannah River Plant reactor. Proposal envisions a smaller NPR costing about 2 billion, with larger version at 6 billion. Senator McClure calls reports false while DOE maintains accuracy.
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Fran Chapman
Paula B. Daniel
Department of Energy
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Sen. Thurmond
Terry Hill
DOE
Hanford
Wash
Savannah River
NPR
Congress
SRP
Idaho
Jim McClure
Hill
Death Tops Court Agenda In Aiken County
The case of 16 year old Brent Zachow to be heard in Aiken County General Sessions Court next week. Zachow faces two counts of reckless homicide and one count of felony driving under the influence in the North Augusta jeep crash that killed two youths and injured two others. The docket includes 74 cases with drug offenses, housebreakings, DUIs and suspended license charges. Second Circuit Judge Rodney A. Peeples will preside. Court convened at 10 a.m. today at the Aiken County Courthouse.
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Brent Zachow
Aiken County
Zachow
Aiken County Court House
Second Circuit
Rodney A. Peeples
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Soh Annive
County
Seaboard Systems
Frank Johnston
Johnston
Phil Jones
Thurmond Whatley
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