Download or read book Report of the Great Kanawha Navigation Co written by Great Kanawha Navigation Company and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kanawha River W Va and Ohio River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Kanawha Navigation written by Emory L. Kemp and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vision of a central waterway connecting tidewater Virginia with the Ohio River to rival the Erie Canal persisted for decades during the 19th century. The idea was at first fostered by the commonwealth of Virginia and then reincarnated as the Central Water Line, which was endorsed by the federal government. It was a grand vision, and though never implemented, the Great Kanawha Navigation nevertheless became a highly successful regionally controlled waterway that developed the rich resources of the Kanawha Valley. Emory Kemp has compiled a comprehensive history of navigation on the Great Kanawha River, detailing the industrial archaeology of this waterway from the early 19th century, and offering a detailed case study of a major 19th- and early 20th-century civil engineering project that would significantly advance the nation's industrial development.Using the early unsuccessful attempts to connect the James River and western waters as a background, The Great Kanawha Navigation emphasizes technological innovation and construction of navigational structures on the river. With the river men championing open navigation during favorable stages of the river, and at the same time clamoring for controls to ensure navigation during periods of low flow, the Corps of Engineers responded with the concept of the movable dam to provide a cost-effective means of moving bulk cargo, especially coal, salt, lumber, cement, and chemicals, along nearly 100 miles of the Great Kanawha River. The Great Kanawha Navigation employed a series of ten locks and dams and became a laboratory for the use of movable dams in the United States, using first the French Chanoine shutter wicket dam and then the German Roller Gate dam. The innovative technology of the ten dams, the volume of freight carried and the management of the system by the Corps of Engineers made this one of the most significant public works in the nation. Each of the two systems provided cost-effective and environmentally sound means to tap the rich mineral resources of the Kanawha Valley. By any measure, the Great Kanawha Navigation has been one of the more successful ventures of the Corps of Engineers; Kemp has provided extensive photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and maps to further emphasize the construction of the various hydraulic structures. The result is an interesting and significant blend of biographical, technical, political, geographical, and industrial history that will delight historians of technology and the region.
Download or read book Kanawha River W Va written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Kanawha Valley written by J. A. Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Along the Kanawha River written by Joseph Phillips and published by Images of America. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kanawha River is a prominent natural feature running through West Virginia's Putnam County. Beginning in the 19th century, small, permanent towns began to appear along the river's banks. The waterway served as a vital mode of transportation for these burgeoning communities. Buffalo has a rich agricultural history and a historic town center with several buildings in the National Register of Historic Places. Eleanor was one of three New Deal settlements established by Eleanor Roosevelt. Winfield, the county seat, was named after Gen. Winfield Scott. Nitro was seemingly built overnight as a US ammunition facility during World War I. While each town has its own identity, it shares a common link--the Kanawha River. Along the Kanawha River chronicles Civil War-era residents, floods in the early 1900s, and economic hard times in the 1930s. This pictorial history captures the diversity of these communities and the ways in which they flourished along the Kanawha River.
Download or read book Report on the Improvement of the Kanawha and Incidentally of the Ohio River written by Charles Ellet and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the James River and Kanawha Company written by Wayland Fuller Dunaway and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report Upon the Inprovement of Great Kanawha River West Virginia in Charge of Wm P Craighill Being Appendix S of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876 written by William Price Craighill and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kanawha River West Virginia written by United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on rivers and harbors and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Kanawha County written by George Wesley Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Internal Improvements of the Great Kanawha River written by Eugenia Westfall and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Great Kanawha Valley written by Brant and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Along the Kanawha River written by Joseph M. Phillips and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kanawha River is a prominent natural feature running through West Virginia's Putnam County. Beginning in the 19th century, small, permanent towns began to appear along the river's banks. The waterway served as a vital mode of transportation for these burgeoning communities. Buffalo has a rich agricultural history and a historic town center with several buildings in the National Register of Historic Places. Eleanor was one of three New Deal settlements established by Eleanor Roosevelt. Winfield, the county seat, was named after Gen. Winfield Scott. Nitro was seemingly built overnight as a US ammunition facility during World War I. While each town has its own identity, it shares a common link--the Kanawha River. Along the Kanawha River chronicles Civil War-era residents, floods in the early 1900s, and economic hard times in the 1930s. This pictorial history captures the diversity of these communities and the ways in which they flourished along the Kanawha River.
Download or read book Kanawha River Navigation Study Winfield Lock Replacement written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sternwheelers on the Great Kanawha River written by Gerald W. Sutphin and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
