The great Kanawha navigation / Emory L. Kemp.

Main entry:

Kemp, Emory Leland.

Title & Author:

The great Kanawha navigation / Emory L. Kemp.

Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000.

Description:

xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291) and index.
pt. 1. Chanoine wicket dams and locks. Introduction : an old and contrary river. Internal improvements movement in Virginia. A view from the western waters. Movable dams. Building the first Kanawha locks and dams. Operations for more than two decades -- pt. 2. Roller gated dams and locks. Introduction : the prelude to a new navigation system. Design of the locks and dams. The work at London and Marmet begins. Gallipolis and Winfield locks and dams. Labor and land. Hydroelectric power generation.

ISBN:

0822941120 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780822941125 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Inland navigation West Virginia.
Navigation intérieure Virginie-Occidentale.
Inland navigation.
Navigation.
Kanawha River (W. Va.) Navigation.
Kanawha (Virg.-Occ. : Rivière) Navigation.
West Virginia.
West Virginia Kanawha River.

Form/genre:

Commemorative publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 211323
Call No.: HE630.K36 K4 2000
Status: Available

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