Editing Anderson, South Carolina (section)

===The Electric City===
[[Image:PortmanShoalsPlantAnderson.jpg|thumb|right|Portman Shoals Power Plant around 1920.]]
Anderson became one of the first cities in the [[Southeastern United States]] to have electricity. Electricity to Anderson was established by William C. Whitner in 1895 at a hydroelectric plant on the [[Rocky River (South Carolina)|Rocky River]], giving the city the name the Electric City. Anderson also became the first city in the world to supply a cotton gin by electricity. In 1895, Anderson Court House was renamed to Anderson.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Anderson, South Carolina |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2371.html |website=u-s-history.com |access-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810025307/http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2371.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anderson: "The Electric City" |url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10693 |access-date=9 February 2016 |archive-date=February 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215133508/http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10693 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1897, Whitner's plant was upgraded with a 10,000-volt generating station at Portman Shoals. Whitner's power plant at Portman Shoals became the first hydroelectric plant in the United States to generate high voltage without step-up transformers .<ref>{{cite web |title=The South Carolina man who put the electric in "The Electric City" |url=http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2015/07/south-carolina-man-who-put-electric-in.html |website=Appalachianhistory.net |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120211940/http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2015/07/south-carolina-man-who-put-electric-in.html |archive-date=2016-11-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Portman Dam was swept away in 1901, forcing Anderson into darkness until it was rebuilt in 1902.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portman Dam and Power Plant Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=10697 |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Hmdb.org |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106213610/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=10697 |url-status=live }}</ref>