James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA

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8 drawings
21 b&w photos
6 data pages
2 photo caption pages

TITLE:
James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, north of Canal Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER VA,44-RICH,100B-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 8 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 21 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Washington, George

NOTE:
Survey number HAER VA-23

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-9).

Building/structure dates: 184 initial construction

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eventually included over 200 miles of canal as well as a steamboat route on the Kanawha River and a turnpike over the Alleghany Mountains. During the nineteenth century, it was to play an important role in the economic and social life of Virginia. In Richmond, the agricultural produce of the James River valley was brought and unloaded for marketing or was transported to the docks for shipment along the coast or abroad. The canals also carried manufactured goods from Richmond for distribution throughout the state and transported passengers to their homes or to the West.

SUBJECTS:
VIRGINIA--Independent City--Richmond

OTHER TITLE:
Tidewater Connection Locks

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0894

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. UPPER LOCK No. 5.
2. ADJACENT WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS, LOOKING NORTH, 13TH STREET FROM THE CANAL.
3. OUTLET PIPE AT 13TH STREET.
4. STEPPED STONEWORK AT FOOT OF UPPER CANAL LOCKS.
5. 12TH STREET, LOOKING EAST.
6. 12TH STREET BASIN, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
7. HAXAL MILLS FROM 13TH STREET, SOUTH OF CANAL
8. 12TH STREET BASIN, TOWARD LOCK 3, FROM EAST.
9. STONEWORK AT 13TH STREET.
10. VIEW INSIDE LOCK UPPER 2, LOOKING EAST.
11. VIEW FROM 12TH STREET, DOWN LOCKS 4 & 5, LOOKING TOWARD 13TH STREET.
12. VIEW INSIDE UPPER LOCK 2, LOOKING WEST.

CONTROL #:
VA0894

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