19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Kentucky

 

 

Green River Navigation

 

A Description of the Canals and Railroads of the United States – 1840
A brief description begins on page 192.

 

Acts Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Volume 1 – 1868
An act incorporating the Green and Barren River Navigation Company begins on page 599.

 

Documents, Volume 2 – 1867
Receipts, expenditures and rates of toll for the Green and Barren River Navigation systems begins on page 41.

 

Green, Barren & Rough River Locks & Dams

A brief history of the structures.   Current photo.


Green River
A brief history and description of the navigation system.

 

Green River
Description and history of the river, including the development of canals, beginning in the 1840s. Map included.
 

Green River History
A brief history of the navigation system.

 

Green River History
Early navigation projects on the Green River.   Historical photo.

 

Green River Steamboating a Cultural History, 1828-1931


Lock and Dam #3 on the Green River at Rochester (KY)
A brief history.   Includes historical and current photos.

 

Lock and Dam #4 History


The Green River of Kentucky
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal Society newsletter.

 

The Kentucky Encyclopedia
A brief history of the navigation system is on page 388.

 

Transportation by Water 1906
A brief history of the navigation system is on page 222.

 

Rev. April, 2023