The great Kanawha navigation
By: Emory L. Kemp.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Inland navigation -- West Virginia.; Kanawha River (W. Va.) -- Navigation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Chanoine wicket dams and locks. Introduction : an old and contrary river. Internal improvements movement in Virginia. A view from the western waters. Movable dams. Building the first Kanawha locks and dams. Operations for more than two decades; title: pt. 2. Roller gated dams and locks. Introduction : the prelude to a new navigation system. Design of the locks and dams. The work at London and Marmet begins. Gallipolis and Winfield locks and dams. Labor and land. Hydroelectric power generation.