Central Correctional Institution

Central Correctional Institution is a building in Richland County, South Carolina. Central Correctional Institution is situated nearby to South Carolina State Museum, as well as near the power station Columbia Canal.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include South Carolina State Museum and EdVenture.

South Carolina State Museum

Museum

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The South Carolina State Museum is a museum dedicated to the history of South Carolina. It has four floors of permanent and changing exhibits, a digital dome planetarium, 4D interactive theater, and an observatory. South Carolina State Museum is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Central Correctional Institution.

EdVenture

Museum

EdVenture Children’s Museum is a museum and nonprofit educational attraction aimed primarily at children and families. EdVenture features hands-on experiences and interactive spaces designed to encourage learning and creativity in young children. EdVenture is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Central Correctional Institution.

Columbia Canal

Power station

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

The Columbia Canal is the surviving canal of a series of canals built by the State of South Carolina in 1824 using the labor of indentured Irishmen to provide direct water routes between the upstate settlements and the towns on the Fall Line. Columbia Canal is situated 1,800 feet south of Central Correctional Institution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Columbia and West Columbia.

Columbia

Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Columbia is the capital city and second largest city in South Carolina. It is home to the main campus of the University of South Carolina, and to the Army's Fort Jackson.

West Columbia

Town

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West Columbia, formerly Brookland, is a city and commuter town in the suburban eastern sections of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Columbia had a population of 17,416.

Elmwood Park

Hamlet

Elmwood Park is a residential neighborhood and historic district in what is now the center of Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in the early 1900s, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Elmwood Park Historic District in 1991.

Central Correctional Institution

Type: Building
Also known as: “South Carolina Penitentiary”
Location: Richland County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

34.00182° or 34° 0′ 7″ north

Longitude

-81.0512° or 81° 3′ 4″ west

Elevation

184 feet (56 metres)

Open location code

866W2W2X+PG

GeoNames ID

4574173

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