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The great Earthquake

Pictures of destruction

The following photos appear as a collection in the First-Hand Observations of the Charleston Earthquake of August 31, 1886 and Other Earthquake Materials, - South Carolina Geological Survey Bulletin 41, compiled and edited by Kenneth E. Peters and Robert B. Herrmann. The bulletin includes collections of reports, correspondence, photographs and other data written or assembled by several investigators, some of whose works are represented here.

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

These are pictures of the destruction from The Great Earthquake. 

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake Photo

Information from http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_ Center/1886EQ/