Berkeley County · Marker 08-29

Otranto Indigo Vat

E side of Brushy Park Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 8-503), at Gate 1 of the Brushy Park Industrial Complex, S of Moncks Corner

Front inscription

Built 1750-1790 at Otranto Plantation and used to process dye from indigo, an important S.C. crop from 1747 to 1796. Moved here 1979.

County
Berkeley
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Moncks Corner
Year approved
1994
Erected by
Berkeley County Historical Society
Coordinates
32.98385, -79.9325

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