The Augusta Canal Ran Dry!

I was quite taken aback yesterday driving around town and took a glance at the canal on my way home and saw the sucker was empty! Needless to tell you but I grabbed my camera at the house and went back to the canal to get these pictures. They are working on one of the side gates to the canal that allowed water to flow into a electricity making system to one of the mills (third picture) and I am quite surprised that they would completely drain the canal for repair work. Poor fishes.


Now the Augusta Canal statue has some water motion. Still can't figure out what the main base part represents.

Here I walked in my flip flops.

As always, views of downtown from the canal in this part of town is nice to see, especially the Lamar Building. Yes, that is a water tank to the far left above Augusta, just like in Manhattan.

Another view of the Sacred Hearts Church with South Carolina hills in the back.
It suddenly hit me that this street has three crosswalks over the street in the same area.

Confederate Monument

Just about anywhere on Broad Street you are able to see this monument, especially the soldier standing on the very top.



Impressive when it is surrounded by trees like this and even more so when the trees are in colors.









The Lamar Building looms over the monument. I took a picture of this monument from the penthouse looking almost straight down.





























Each of the four major Confederate generals (Lee, Jackson, Walker and Cobb) stand on their own platform extending from each of the four corners.





















I noticed in this post card of old Augusta that the trolley lines went around the base of the monumet.











From the internet.

James Brown and an old street

Downtown Thursday Nov 30, 2006

The old Woolworth Building long closed. Linda shopped here many times when she was a girl staying with her aunt and grandmother.











There are still old buildings and businesses closed down along Broad Street. This is obviously an old theater.








Another shot of the Lamar Building with a Christmas wreath displayed near the top. This wreath can be seen better from a distance away. Will get a shot of it later.
This is a picture on the side of a City of Augusta firetruck.
The Augusta Chamber of Commerce is smack in the middle of the street!
A window of a stained glass store.
With my new hearing aid I kept hearing the train constantly blowing its whistle and ringing its bells and I rushed to this elevated spot to be ready for the train to come across Broad one block down. Didn't see the train cross so I guessed it was another train going by on another route nearby.

A popular Broad Street bulletin stand.










There are a few sidewalk cafes that offer coffee with falling leaves for extra flavor.
There's usual an improvement project on Broad Street going on as they are in the process of restoring downtown.
A park right off Broad that is another chapter of pictures coming up. The Golf Hall of Fame is at the other end of the park next to the Savannah River levee.
And this is the town clock.







Here is our bank, one of the few really tall buildings.










Here I have parked my truck inside the Broad Street median. Notice how the divide lines are marked with embedded bricks.
When I saw these seats displayed in the window of the bar it blew my mind because these are the exact seats that were in the Monticello movie theater. Now I can see why more people go to the movies instead of the church. And they come with arm rests!

A view through the door of one of Augusta's many downtown bars.









It's so neat to see cops riding bikes around town.
I saw this through an antique store and it reminded me of our mother's set only that hers was round.