James River and Kanawha Canal
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james-river-and-kanawha-canal-174-8270125
title:
James River and Kanawha Canal
text:
The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast. Ultimately its towpath became the roadbed for a rail line following the same course. Encouraged by George Washington, the canal project was begun in 1785 as the James River Company, and later restarted under the James River and Kanawha Canal Company. It was an expensive project which failed several ti
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United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_River_and_Kanawha_Canal
date created:
2005-02-27T08:47:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T17:52:51Z
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