Historical Marker
Keowee Town
Historical marker location:
Salem, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Nimmons Bridge Road (State Highway S37-128) and Keowee Town Landing Road (State Highway S 37-98) on Nimmons Bridge Road.)
Marker installed: 2006
The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, was built in South Carolina. The Hunley sank the Union ship USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1864, but the submarine itself was lost at sea shortly after the attack.