Exit78 Photo of the Day #121
This interesting buttress supported brick wall is on Middleton Place plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, on the Ashley River. Middleton Place was established in the 1730s by early South Carolina planter John Williams. After Williams’ death, the plantation became part of the dowry of his daughter, Mary Williams. In 1741, Mary Williams married Henry Middleton, whose name was subsequently applied to the plantation. Middleton began work on the plantation’s gardens in 1741.
Buttress supported brick fence wall, Middleton Place plantation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, 15 miles from Charleston, June 11, 2012 (Pentax K-r)
Buttress – A projecting mass of masonry set at an angle to or bonded
into a wall that it strengthens or supports. A buttress decreases
in its cross-sectional area from top to base. (Acme Brick – Pocket Guide to Brick Construction, p. 10)
(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
