19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Virginia

 

 

Slate River Navigation

 

Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia – 1856
An Act pertaining to the navigation system begins on page 114.

 

Acts Passed at a General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia – 1819
An Act pertaining to the navigation system begins on page 68.

 

Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General Assembly ..., Volume 5 – 1829
Financial reports of the navigation company are on page 48 and 462; and Act pertaining to the company begins on page 575.
 

Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the Legislature of Virginia, Volume 17 – 1835
A report pertaining to the navigation system begins on page 195; a financial account is on page 485.

 

Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make reference to the navigation system.

 

Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion
A summary of a lawsuit regarding water usage of the navigation system is on page 173.

 

Memoir on the Recent Surveys, Observations, and Internal Improvements, in the United States – 1829
A brief report regarding the navigation system is on  page 53.

 

Slate River Navigation
A brief description and history of the navigation system.
 

Rev. April, 2020