Crews begin tearing down Liberty Steel mill in Georgetown

Georgetown's Liberty Steel mill will be demolished. What could be next for the waterfront?

The city announced May 6 that the Liberty Steel mill, once one of the city's largest employers, will be demolished. A proposed text amendment could make it difficult to put new heavy industry there.

Crews begin tearing down Liberty Steel mill in Georgetown

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WBTW) -- Crews started tearing apart the dormant Liberty Steel mill in Georgetown on Tuesday, officials said. The mill has been a fixture at the corner of Front and Frasier streets in the city since 1969, but was permanently closed last year after a decade of uncertainty surrounding its future. “I am impressed with the upcoming outlined plan for the demolition," Mayor Carol Jayroe said. "I am especially grateful that the offici…