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The History | Other Rowing Links | Regatta Schedule |Other Events | Maps & Directions Langley Pond Park is the fastest growing rowing venue in the southeast.   It is the only Olympic size course in South Carolina.   It is the world's largest pond measuring just a few inches short of being a lake! The pond is the perfect place to waterski, jet ski, swim, fish, picnic, row, have your companys' annual event and of course, host a regatta.   Complete with a bathhouse, playground, covered picnic area, grills, concession stand, boat ramp, special events area, swim area and dock, you are sure to find pleasure along the banks or in the water! UPDATED: 2010 Regatta Schedule All Dates Subject To Change March 6, SE Regional Collegiate Sprints (SERCS) The University of Georgia For registration or more information, please visit University of Georgia You may also visit Regatta Central to register online. March 13, Augusta Invitational Regatta The Augusta Rowing Club Visit www.augustarowingclub.org You may register online at www.regattacentral.com May 5, Southeastern Regional Masters The Masters Rowing Association You may register online at www.regattacentral.com June 26-27, SE Regional Rowing Championships The United States Rowing Association For more information, contact Jim Buckalew at (304) 550-0280 or email jbuckalew1@suddenlink.net The Sleep Inn & Suites of North Augusta, SC Special Rates for Participant Rowers Simply contact the hotel directly, and ask them about the special rate for rowers when making your room reservation. Take I-20 to Exit 5 in North Augusta. At Edgefield Rd., head toward North Augusta and hotel is located on your left. Contact David Fort at (803) 202-0209. Other Annual Events April 17-18 Little Horse Creek American Indian Association Intertribal Pow-Wow Take part in a Native American weekend! This is an authentic festival celebrating heritage and ancestry. Everyone is welcome. Call 803-661-3885 E-mail: lhc_ndns@yahoo.com for more information. April 24, Langley Pond Sprint Triathlon Type of Event: International Traithlon, Visit SetUp Events to register. Back to top The Early Years Long ago along the banks of the Horse Creek, the heart of southern industry thrived with more than thirty mills nestled among this twenty-four mile tributary of the Savannah River.  Imagine the bustling sound of water power, machinery and mankind creating a plethora of goods for the entire nation.  That was the scene here at Langley Pond in 1870. Everyone worked in the mills.  Children worked along side their parents because it was the way of life at that time.  Six mill villages existed along Horse Creek in Aiken County supplying cotton, pottery, saw and grist mills with hundreds of workers.  “The Grand Ole Man,” Mr. J. W. Reardon held the world’s record for the longest continuous employment in one company.  He worked for eighty-seven years at the Graniteville Manufacturing Company.   In 1869, Graniteville had 1,700 residents and the company was the largest mill in the south with 21,000 spindles, 587 looms, producing 150,000 yards per week. On Dec. 9, 1865, Kalmia Mills, Inc. purchased property from John J. Glover to construct an extensive manufacturing project, which included a cotton and two paper mills.   By 1870, a cotton factory had been started and there were grandiose plans for more construction through the Kalmia Works project.  The project fell through when stockholders ran out of money.  Unfinished buildings and homes and the town of Kalmia was dormant until William C. Langley, of New York, proposed to revive the cotton mill project, raising $300,000 in capital stock.   The Langley Manufacturing Company was created on March 23, 1870 with the first stockholder meeting and barbeque. The day before, the Kalmia Mills Stockholders met in Hamburg (North Augusta) to officially change the name of Kalmia to Langley.  Before the dam was completed in 1870 to power the Langley Mill, the pond was known as Horse Creek Pond.  Prior to record keeping of the 1720’s, Horse Creek was mentioned in letters as far back as 1680.  Long before industry settled along the Horse Creek, the Westos Indians lived and hunted the land, watering their horses in the creek. Accordingly is the name Horse Creek. Back to the top Back to top Other Rowing Sites Row2K Rowing News Back to top