City changes Historic Camden sewer project again

Avoids crossing property west of Broad Street

S.C. State Archaeologist Jon Leader (right) looks over dirt being sifted by volunteer Meg Gaillard (left) from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as Sean Taylor (center), also from DNR digs up some more dirt to examine. Leader and six volunteers spent most of Wednesday looking for possible 18th century artifacts along a line of exposed ground where city of Camden contractors later dug a trench to install a sewer gravity line and force main. - photo by Martin L. Cahn

Historic Camden.JPG — S.C. State Archaeologist Jon Leader (right) looks over dirt being sifted by volunteer Meg Gaillard (left) from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) as Sean Taylor (center), also from DNR digs up some more dirt to examine. Leader and six volunteers spent most of Wednesday looking for possible 18th century artifacts along a line of exposed ground where city of Camden contractors later dug a trench to install a sewer gravity line and force main. - photo by Martin L. Cahn

Updated: April 4, 2014, 5 a.m.

The city of Camden is working on a plan that would keep the city from having to dig a trench on Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site property on the west side of Broad Street. Thursday, City Manager Mel Pearson said the city now hopes to install sections of a force main sewer line around Rhame Arena on the east side of Broad Street. That would follow part of a path already planned for a gravity sewer line being installed as part of the same project, he said.

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