Anderson County · Marker 04-01
Portman Shoals [First Marker]
N. McDuffie St. & Whitner St.
Front inscription
Half mile West on Seneca River the Portman Shoals Power Plant, built by William C. Whitner, began in 1897 the transmission of high-voltage electricity over the longest lines then in use for that purpose in the United States. The success of this plant, now owned by Duke Power Company, caused Anderson to be called “The Electric City.”