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Coker Spring: Aiken’s Historic 19th Century Water Source
The Coker Spring site near Aiken became a major municipal water source after William Finley deeded 207 feet of land with the spring to the citizens of Aiken in 1844. It served as a social hub and a stop along the Charleston to Abbeville route as town growth began with railroad expansion.
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Aiken
Coker Spring
H. Odell Weeks
William Peronneau Finley
Charleston
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Finley