The Great Kanawha Navigation: K, 1840-1898 and 1917 (Includes facsimiles)

The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. Kemp’s research culminated in the book, The Great Kanawha Navigation. This box contains materials from his research, including facsimile specification reports, appeals, and correspondence, especially between William P. Craighill and Addison Scott, journal articles, and more. Subjects include the central water line of Virginia, improvements and dams of the Ohio River, Kanawha locks and dams, Kanawha River discharge data, iron gates at Lock No. 5, and Portland cement, etc. Finally, includes an 1877 proposal by William P. Craighill titled Kanawha River Improvement: Proposals for the Iron Work of a Movable Dam on the Great Kanawha River. Includes facsimile specification reports, appeals, correspondence, especially between William P. Craighill and Addison Scott, journal articles, and more. Subjects include the central water line of Virginia, improvements and dams of the Ohio River, Kanawha locks and dams, Kanawha River discharge data, iron gates at Lock No. 5, and Portland cement, etc. Finally, includes an 1877 proposal by William P. Craighill titled Kanawha River Improvement: Proposals for the Iron Work of a Movable Dam on the Great Kanawha River.