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Wikipedia Description: James River and Kanawha Canal
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The James River and Kanawha Canal was a canal in Virginia, which was built to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast.

Personally surveyed and planned by George Washington himself, the canal was begun in 1785 under the James River Company, and later restarted under the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. It was only half completed by 1851. It was an expensive project which failed several times financially and was frequently damaged by floods. By the time it was halted, it had only reached Buchanan, in Botetourt County, Virginia, even though it was largely financed by the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Virginia Board of Public Works. When work to extend the canal further west stopped permanently, railroads were overtaking the canal as a far more productive mode of transportation.

After the American Civil War, when funds for continued financial support were not available from the war-torn Commonwealth or private sources, the canal project did poorly against railroad competition, and finally succumbed to damage done by massive flooding in 1877. In the end the canal's right-of-way was bought and the canal itself was largely dismantled by the new Richmond and Allegheny Railroad as tracks were laid on the former towpath. The R&A became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the 1890s, and much of the former canal route is now an important line for eastbound West Virginia bituminous coal headed for the Peninsula Extension to reach coal piers on Hampton Roads at Newport News and worldwide export aboard large colliers.

Planning a route to link western waters:

The James River and Kanawha Canal was a project first proposed by George Washington when he was a young man surveying the mountains of western Virginia, which at the time consisted of what is today West Virginia, Kentucky, and to the north bank of the Ohi ...More...
Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. CANAL_060503_003.JPG: This is the Haxall Headgate Park
2. CANAL_060503_054.JPG: These are the gates that feed water into the canal
3. CANAL_060503_088.JPG: Tredegar works are in the center and you can see the Virginia War Memorial in the upper right.
4. CANAL_060503_092.JPG: "The Headman" This statue commemorates the contributions of African-American men as skilled boatmen on the James River and its canals and in the development of industry and commerce in the City of Richmond. Commissioned by: City of Richmond Virginia Commission for the Arts Richmond Renaissance, Inc. Astoria Beneficial Club Designer and Sculptor: P. Di Pasquale Original dedication: May 15, 1988 Bronze dedication: November 25, 1992
5. CANAL_060503_111.JPG: Two pulleys and a gear: Preserved here from the paper mill's machinery and a breaker beater driven pulley (the large one), a floor beater driven pulley, and a cast core mortise great.
6. CANAL_060503_173.JPG: Hydro Plant
7. CANAL_060503_181.JPG: Christopher Newport Cross
8. CANAL_060503_189.JPG: The marker says: Capt. Christopher Newport John Smith Gabriel Archer Hon. George Percy With gentlemen, mariners, soldiers numbering twenty-one explored James River to the falls and set up a cross Whitsunday, May 24th, 1607. This monument is presented to the city of Richmond by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, June 10th 1907. Dei Gratia Virginia Condita."
9. CANAL_060503_293.JPG: This is where two of the locks were
10. CANAL_060503_327.JPG: This is a model of the canal
11. CANAL_060503_331.JPG: This is a turn around area for canal boats
12. CANAL_060503_341.JPG: They're building new condos here. The sign says "Riverfront Condos for Sale" -- http://www.VistasOnTheJames.com.
13. CANAL_060503_356.JPG: A model of George Washington's vision
14. CANAL_060503_389.JPG: This is the site of the Triple Crossing -- canal, train tracks, and road all over one place.
15. CANAL_060503_441.JPG: Note the market in the middle left, near the wall mural. I have no idea what it means because they have the route between them closed off.
16. CANAL_060503_514.JPG: "It is absolutely necessary that we should abandon our position tonight." -- General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis
17. CANAL_060503_517.JPG: The April 1865 walk
18. CANAL_060503_521.JPG: "Sir! I think Richmond is burning. The sky is red." -- Union soldier to General Edward H. Ripley
19. CANAL_060503_524.JPG: "All over, goodbye; blow her to hell." -- Confederate Brigadier General Martin W. Gary and Mayo's Bridge
20. CANAL_060503_527.JPG: "Thank God that I lived to see this." -- President Abraham Lincoln
21. CANAL_060503_541.JPG: You can see the remains of the piers of the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad out there. You can also see the remains of the Richmond & Danville Railroad bridge.
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2006 photos: Equipment this year: I was using all six Fuji cameras at various times -- an S602Zoom, two S7000s,a S5200, an S9000, and an S9100. The majority of pictures this year were taken with the S9000. I have to say, the S7000s was the best camera I've used up to this point.. Trips this year: Florida (two separate trips including Lotusphere and taking care of mom), three weeks out west (including Yellowstone), Williamsburg, San Diego (comic book convention), and Georgia. Number of photos taken this year: 183,000.
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