Gervais Street Bridge
The effort to build two cofferdams on the Congaree River is taking shape. If you ride across the Gervais Street Bridge, you can see it. Dominion Energy has contracted a company to build the cofferdams so that coal tar from long-closed oil plant can be cleaned from the river bottom. The work site is on […]
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The process to clean up the coal tar in the Congagree River has begun. Dominion Energy has contracted a company to build two coffer dams on the Columbia side of the river. The first coffer dam will be built across from the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater. Roads and a workspace are being installed now close […]
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The West Columbia Riverwalk at dawn is peaceful. From the iconic Gervais Street Bridge to the Blossom Street Bridge, the lights reflect off of the water setting a surreal atmosphere. There is the gurgling of the flowing Congaree River beside the trail. The river is the color of green in daylight, has a gray and […]
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