Charleston, SC: Camden Depot

The significance of the Camden Depot is that it is where 141 paying passengers boarded the first commercial train to run in America on December 25, 1830. It ran on the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road pulled by the American made Best Friend Of Charleston locomotive.

I discovered that The Charleston Museum has slapped a Copyright on photos that are in the public domain. Since they are not "playing nice," I'm not including a link to the museum because I don't want to give them "click traffic." I got these photos from the Library of Congress.

Photo from HABS SC,10-CHAR,330A--1 from sc0394
EXTERIOR, NORTH END AND WEST SIDE

Photo from HABS SC,10-CHAR,330A--2 from sc0394
GENERAL VIEW, NORTH (left) AND WEST SIDES

Photo from HABS SC,10-CHAR,330A--3 from sc0394
NORTH SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST 

Photo from HABS SC,10-CHAR,330A--4 from sc0394
NORTHEAST ENTRY PIER, FROM NORTHWEST

Fortunately, the buildings have been repaired and repurposed

1977  South Carolina Department of Archives and History

2007  South Carolina Department of Archives and History

Street View

BestFriendOfCharleston

In addition to housing the Children's Museum of the Lowcountry, it houses the Best Friend of Charleston Museum. After Norfolk Southern restored a replica of the locomotive and displayed it in its headquarters for six years, the replica is now on display along the windows of the museum so that you can see it even if the museum is closed.