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The Great Kanawha Navigation: N, 1900-1945 (Includes facsimiles)

 File — Box: 47

Scope and Contents

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 bid documents, clippings, cost sheets, reports, correspondence, etc. Subjects include dam building along the Kanawha River, Dravo Corporation, model testing, water supply operations, and Winfield twin locks. Highlights include correspondence about concrete damage and sunken barges. Correspondents include Lytle Brown, Fred Herman et al.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-1945 (Includes facsimiles)

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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