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Pages in category "Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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 ...
Multiple canal systems were built around Great Falls. The remains of the Patowmack Canal, built in the 18th century, can be found on the Virginia side.The canal was commissioned by George Washington and consisted of a system of five locks to allow barges to avoid the falls. [4]
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 ...
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856-1860 to afford inland navigation between the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle Sound.It is really two canals, thirty miles (50 km) apart, one eight and one-half miles (13.7 km) long, connecting the Elizabeth River with the North Landing River in Virginia, and the other five and one-half miles (8.9 km) long, connecting the ...
The canal is a Civil Engineering Landmark as well as a Virginia Historic Landmark. Along the trails, the ruins of the small town of Matildaville, Virginia can also be found. Between 1906 and 1932, the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad and its successor, the Washington and Old Dominion Railway , operated an amusement park ( trolley park ) at ...
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was completed between Richmond and the Ohio River at the new city of Huntington, West Virginia by 1873, dooming the canal's economic prospects. In the late-19th century, the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad was laid along the eastern portion of the canal's towpath, and became part of the C&O within 10 years.