Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-25

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1871. with Major u II. Whitcomb.
chief engineer or The Chesapeake and
ohio Railroad. ana Colonel Lorraine.
chi.i engineer Of thc James River
ana kanawha Company. when Colonel
Lorraine. ~ pleasant humor. to.i
Major WHItcouih that the railroad
must climb up the mountains some
daf. when the canal. with its prior
rights. established itarlf on tn" river.
rom '"NinnGton. Nm. to tho Green
br!"r River they three and u half
miles. Was known aS the Firth
DIVISION rf the canal. AMI the Lor-
ra!nc Map tells the story OF tie poin,
"'ta"k on that division.
~ covmriou the cnual was To
cross Jncksou's River. The head OF thu.
James River. bs IN aoueduc,: thence
IT vas q" -" up DnuI0p's Creek to
i'rior's Tavern "a, the basr IT tn"
A!lcghany Mountains. seventeen audn
Il half mil.s.
Tn" canal. ~ frs, planned. wa
L" ascend the eastern side of tn.
mountain by & series of locks ana
dams. 10 summit % 1921 !"ct above
udewai"r. The total ltit from c'ot-
imrton t" the summit was to be 6,3
feet.
The summi,.lcval wa- to be- four
""' - h"' UhI'"N ipiH. piercing tn.
mountain by a tunnel .s-io miles
long.
The summl;-ieyoi was to he sun.
piled with water chi.ltly from a
reservoir fed from Anthony's Creek.
near Whit" sulphur Springs. This
reservoir was to cover 49,: acres
o! land. with an average" depth Of
tiNtj feet. WIN Il feeder .nnc miles
long.
From III" Grcnnii"r Eivor. on dawn
the N"w ana The Grcji Kaiuiwha
Riv"rF. plans w"I" under construction
Tor siach watcr ANA sluic" navigation
ip? steamboats,"
Considers water suppl, Question.
Colonel r.orrainc's report goes care.
inily into tho question Of water sun
ply
The estimated cost % oompictin:
III" chnal I'm" from nuchanan "a the
Ohio river wHs !2G.G3sSaG
Hut there was :" hc Dold,r plan.
40 Sho%n on tho Lorraln. map
Aficr careful! '..uatrumcntaI sur
v"ys.' Colone! I.orrain" determined L.
recommend q chang" IN the plan ius,
outlined. lie proposed 10 reduce tn.
summit Level To- Loo fact above ,il..
twenty feet above The level of Green
hrl"r itiV'r. at 'hc rrngth ~ IfoNy:.r d s
Creek ~" proposed n tunnel through
Tho AileEhany Mountains nine miles
long This would d!srcus" with for
ty-iour locks, AMI q lifi OF eco f..,.
ana say" seven ana ouc-half hours
III l'in" ana Is feeling directly. from
~" Grccnhri"r River, would dispense
"Ith ia" need Of reservoirs.
Tho tunnel was TO be fifty six feet
vide. thirty-two feet high Win =,
:, a. ~. u,
tow path OF cold mor,ar.d inaso,.-
ry' an each side. SIX fee; wide He
-u@r"hted that the w-paths u" dis.
p"nSed with. ana that "stram nys"
b" used 10 tow the cauai huats
through the tunnel Iin meets nb.
jsc,!ouo 10 tho stupcndoUs Inagni.
trd" az IT," undertaking. ana the con.
scIu"ni length ol time thai wili ir.
consumed ia It's oNrcuiInu" ~. SAYS.
1T VIII certainly hc q work 81 grca:
magnitude. surpassiur in its Size and
length all others nf a similar chJ--
actcr ~ The world
Tw" rinns trc shown.
on III" lorraine mag. tho tvo plans
aye shown
IN the archives of the chief en-
rin""r % The Chrsapcak. ana Ohio
hallway Company IS Il map with tn.
IT'LL. "A plan al the Great kana,rEA
River from m" great fails to it's
cUniiucnc. with The ohio River. sur
Ncy"d ana l"vcl"d, pursuant to the
orders trc:u ;iic president and dir.r-
tors Of III" hDnrd OF puhllc works Of
Virginia. l. Eridwin. principal en-
rincer. scale of nlau. 100 rods 10 an
inch. Sal, works"
ON The map is note harcl.. l.Gib'c:
Richmond 18th Of January. 1873,