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Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia (6 P) Pages in category "Canals in Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Map of the Dismal Swamp Canal, drawn by civil engineer D. S. Walton, 1867 Deep Creek Lock, located in Deep Creek, Virginia, separates the salt water of Deep Creek from the fresh water of Dismal Swamp Canal. In the Colonial period, water transportation was the lifeblood of the North Carolina sounds region and the Tidewater areas of Virginia. The ...
James River and Kanawha Canal: VA: Only Virginia portion completed Junction Canal: PA: 1854 1871 18 mi (29 km) NY: Landsford Canal: SC: 1823 2 mi (3.2 km) Lehigh Canal: PA: 1821 1942 72 mi (116 km) A mule-drawn tourist barge operates at the National Canal Museum: Leiper Canal: PA: 1829 1852 3 mi (4.8 km) Love Canal: NY: Main Line of Public ...
Construction of the bridge and Alexandria Canal began in 1833, and both were completed in 1843. [3] To withstand Potomac ice floes, the piers were made of gneiss, with icebreakers made of granite. [4] The water-filled bridge was a weatherproofed-timber, queen-post truss construction. [5] The bridge was 110 feet (33.5 m) wide across the top.
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The largest water supply for the Dismal Swamp Canal is through Lake Drummond. [ 5 ] The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1973 when the Union Camp Corporation of Franklin, Virginia , donated 49,100 acres (19,900 ha) of land after centuries of logging and other human activities devastated the swamp's ecosystems.
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Today, only a few fragile remains of Matildaville are visible. The greatest obstacle to the Patowmack project proved to be financial. High construction costs, particularly at the Great Falls section, and insufficient revenues bankrupted the company. Extremes of high and low water restricted use of the canal to only a month or two each year.