The Great Kanawha Navigation: A/B, 1924-1929
- Containers:
- Box 36
- 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 contains materials from his research, including correspondence between Kemp, Robert Maslowski of the Huntington District Corps of Engineers and publishers about movable dams, The Great Kanawha Navigation, and Ohio River Locks and Dams. Also includes a sponsored program application to WVU, a cultural resource analysis, an NRHP evaluation of the Kanawha River navigation system, maps, schematics, and pamphlets. Includes facsimile reference material for Kemp's book, The Great Kanawha Navigation including correspondence with Major Layman, the Chief of Engineers, E.D. Ardesty, et. Al. Also includes the preliminary examination, investigation, survey, and economic study of the Kanawha by the War Department: Chief of Engineers; clippings from the Charleston Daily Mail; right of way deed; and bound copies of the United States Congressional Series Set.
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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