photo by JDukes
A Pilot’s View
SCETV Feature: Harbor Deepening
Among others, Charleston Pilots’ President Whit Smith discusses the growth of the port. Featured on SCETV public broadcasting network.
By W. Richardson
Recently, the South Carolina Ports Authority exported its two millionth BMW, which was manufactured at the plant in Greer. Plans are underway to deepen the Port, which will expand the Port’s competitiveness and capabilities, as it continues to be a force for growing the economy in our state.
A View from the Bridge
Ever wonder what a transit looks like from the harbor pilot’s perspective on the bridge of a massive containership? Click here to see a time lapse video filmed from the offshore “C” Buoy to the Wando Welch Terminal.
Photo History of Charleston Pilots
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- Cotton waiting to be loaded at Adgers Wharf, Late 1800’s.
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- A view from High Battery of the extensive visiting sailing vessels, late 1800’s.
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- Pilot schooner working the bar, 1920.
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- Artistic rendering of pilot schooner HENRY P. WILLIAMS
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- Pilots awaiting incoming vessels at the Charleston Pilot Office in 1915.
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- Captain J. Jervey Lockwood aboard the original CHARLESTON PILOT, 1960
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- Association President F. Sherrill Poulnot (left) aboard the original CHARLESTON PILOT in June of 1960.
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- Nuclear ballistic submarine being piloted into Charleston, 1964.
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- Wheelhouse of the original CHARLESTON PILOT, 1960’s.
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- View of the pilot boat fleet at Adger’s Wharf, 1970.
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- Aerial view of Charleston peninsula, with harbor pilot dock seen in bottom left. 1970’s.
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- Charleston pilot boat SIS II, the first aluminum shuttle boat. Built in 1972 in Louisiana.
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- Inbound tanker coming into Charleston Harbor, 1972.
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- CHARLESTON PILOT II outbound with the Sullivan’s Island light in the background. 1979.
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- An LNG sphere, manufactured at General Dynamics up the Cooper River, passes under the Grace bridges en route to Connecticut in 1980.
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- Looking south at a banana ship at anchor from the old pilot dock at Adger’s Wharf.
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- A pilot’s view from container ship as headed into the old Grace Memorial Bridge over the Cooper River.
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- A view of the original CHARLESTON PILOT II, steel hulled boat, in 1980.
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- Christening of the 55-foot pilot boat CAROLINA by pilot E. Randall Swan, Jr. and Petesy Hollings, wife of Senator Fritz Hollings. 1980.
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- Charleston pilot boarding a break-bulk ship.
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- Russian Spy Ship offshore of Charleston, which was always present when a nuclear submarine moved. 1981.
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- The Pilot’s office in 1985, on the same footprint on Adger’s Wharf as today’s facility.
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- A view of the Morris Island Lighthouse from the jetties.
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- 1985 Merit Cigarette print advertisement shot on a Charleston pilot boat, with apprentice pilot Patrick Kennedy as deckhand.
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- Two Charleston Pilots aboard container ship model at shiphandling school in South Hampton, England, 1990.
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- Modern aluminum hulled SIS IV, built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilders in Massachusetts.
Time Lapse Video: Sunrise aboard the Ft. Sumter
Sunrise aboard the Ft. Sumter
This time lapse was filmed at sunset aboard the Charleston pilot boat Ft. Sumter in December 2013. It compresses an hour and 50 minutes of still photos shot during a trip offshore to retrieve two pilots disembarking ships near boarding station Bravo. Thanks to boat operator David Ernst for the great footage!