Box 50

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 illustrations, maps, engineering drawings, photos, negatives, and proposals. Subjects include French barrages, weirs, the Ohio River, Gallipolis locks powerhouse. Highlights include laboratory tests on the hydraulics of...