National Register of Historic Places

Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats

Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
Listed
December 21, 1989
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
89002150

About this property

Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats are historic indigo vats located near Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina. Indigo vats are where fermentation and settlement processes for production of indigo dyestuff were accomplished. Each vat measures approximately 14 feet square and has a stuccoed interior. The upper vat, known as the "steeper vat", was used for the fermentation of indigo plants with the liquor drawn through a small portal into the "beater vat" below. The liquor was agitated, allowed to settle, and the remaining sludge strained, molded into cakes, and dried. The Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats were relocated by the Verona Chemical Company, later Mobay Corporation, from Otranto Plantation to their present site in 1979 to save them from demolition. They are the only such structures know to be in existence in South Carolina. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Location

Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina
32.98401, -79.93224

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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When was Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats listed on the National Register?

Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 21, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats?

Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats is recorded as the industrial era.

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