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At the beginning of the year, we’ll shift our weekly Mystery Photo to the Charleston City Paper and publish it every Monday in our morning newsletter. Every weekday, the City Paper publishes a roundup of recent news.  Every afternoon, there’s a specialty newsletter on a range of issues from food (Tuesday) and music (Thursday) to arts (Monday) and opinion (weekends).

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Our previous Mystery Photo

Thanks to all mystery guessers through the years.  You can still find a weekly mystery at Statehouse Report and we’ll start one at the City Paper on Jan. 1.  Last week’s mystery, “Pointy,” showed the sharp security fence along the S.C. State Ports Authority Property on Washington and Charlotte streets.

Congratulations to those who figured it out or knew where it is:  Bill Segars of Hartsville; Christel Newton of North Charleston; Kirk Zerangue and David Lupo, both of Mount Pleasant; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Jay Altman of Columbia, Jim McMahan and Craig Bennett, both of Charleston; and Kristina Wheeler of West Ashley.

Peel shared that the fence was called a “palisade” fence, “also called a ‘spear’ fence for its pencil-point shaped pales that ensures excellent surveillance visibility and are highly resistant to forced entry with scissor-jacks. It is a popular type of perimeter fencing when there is a need for higher security and vandal resistance. This particular design includes a curvature in the pales that point outward, making the fence all that more difficult to scale.”