North River Navigation Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Boats Beyond the Blue Ridge. The North River Canal Connected Lexington with Richmond and Benefited the Economy of Rockbridge County, but It Did Not Prove Profitable to the the Investors Who Financed It. By Elizabeth Dabney Coleman and W. Edwin Hemphill. Virginia Cavalcade. Spring 1954
File — Box 22, Folder: 10
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1609 - 2016
Construction Proposal and Engineer's Report for the North River Navigation Company
Collection
Identifier: RHS-Coll-0034
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an early 1850s contractor's proposal for the construction of dams, guards, and locks - numbers one through four, on the North River (now Maury River) in Rockbridge County, Virginia. It is a printed form with hand written details including a projected project completion date of 1857. The proposal is signed by canal contractor Benjamin J. Jordan, Rockbridge County, Va. The second item is a four page report and cost estimate on the potential for constructing one of...
Dates:
1852; 1850 - 1857
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 2
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Canals 2
- Virginia--Maury River 2
- Dams -- Design and construction 1
- Inland navigation 1
- Rivers 1