Kanawha Navigation Miscellaneous, 1904/1996
- Containers:
- Box 34
- Scope and content:
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The USACE appointed Kemp to document locks and dams along the Kanawha River and nominate them for the NRHP. Kemp's research culminated in the book, The Great Kanawha Navigation. This box includes materials from his research, including facsimile articles and book excerpts, reports, maps, engineering drawings, photos, fact sheets/safety briefings, etc. Subjects include Gallipolis, London, Winfield, and Marmet locks and dams; Electrical equipment along the Kanawha; Huntington District Cultural Resources; Tainter Gate construction; Federal Power Commission Licenses, etc. Highlights include a NRHP nomination for Gallipolis Locks and Dam. The following items were moved to Box 342: nine facsimile maps of River and Harbor Works of Huntington, WV District (undated); two charts of Waterborne Commerce of the United States (1975) , six facsimile engineering drawings of Lock and Dams near Brownstown (undated).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Parent restrictions:
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All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.
- Parent terms of access:
- Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.