Wiggins – Wiggins, South Carolina
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Let photographer Steven Taylor introduce you to Wiggins, South Carolina. He writes, “I love to drive down the country roads and explore, finding that special place. Wiggins was something of a mystery to me.”
“I remember when I was 18 driving down the road to Wiggins and never making it to the end as I turned around and headed back to SC Highway 26 . Now I am 32 and felt it was time to conquer this feat. I went to the end to see what was there and this old build stood. Not sure the story behind it but I thought it had some special southern charm you can’t find any where else!”
Do you know a story about Wiggins or this building in particular? If you do, please send it to the South Carolina Picture Project so we can help Steven solve this mystery. Thank you!
2 Comments about Wiggins
May 12th, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Farming continued to the major source of income for the people of the Colleton County . The lumber industry provided jobs for many people. The Colleton Cypress Company established a town called Colleton in the upper part of the county,which at one time boasted a population of 400.
Wiggins is another example of a lumber town. Both communities had electricity,tennis courts,running water,and an ice house,unheard of luxuries for the place and time. The Wiggins depot is one of the buildings left of a once thriving lumber town of Wiggins.
May 3rd, 2013 at 8:53 am
That is the old Seaboard Air Line Railroad building at what was probably a “request stop,” where the train would slow enough to drop off and pick up mail bags as it passed. That is a nice picture. I hope to drive down to see it soon.
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