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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1976

Page

3

Danville To Sea Market Route And Canal Legacy

The piece chronicles early Virginia and North Carolina canal schemes from Danville to Norfolk, led by the Roanoke Navigation Company and linked rail efforts. It notes 19th century navigation attempts, construction of locks and aqueducts, the rise of towns like Danville Gaston Weldon’s Landing, and eventual railroad dominance culminating in the 1877 flood and dissolution of the company.

Danville W. Marion Saunders Yorktown North America Europe Asia Thar Virginia George Carrington Jahn B. Scott Richard Venable Henry E. Coleman Clement Carrington North Carolina Roanoke River Pigg River Washington Iron Works Franklin County Swinfield Hill Benjamin Cook Josiah Woods Samuel Duval James Calloway Staunton River Booker’s Ferry Philip Payne William Ward David Hunt Charles Calloway John Ward Bryan W. Nowling William Witcher John Law Pigg Staunton Banister Dan Smith Halifax N.C Roanoke Navigation Company Peter Brown Thomas B. Hill David Clark Cadwallader Jones Thomas Burges Robert Johnson State of Roanoke Appomattox Nelson Rock Landing Weldon’s Landing Brazil Chockoyette Creek Weldon’s Orchard and Landing Norfolk Whitmell P. Tunstall Tunstall Senate Richmond and R&d Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Point of Rocks Gaston Northampton County Petersboro Greensville County Samuel Pannill Campbell County Virginia General Assembly Hill Attorney General of Messrs R. T. Arrington S. P. Arrington William Mahone Petersburg J. D. Cameron Pennsylvania Great Falls Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids Power Company Virginia Electric and Power Company Roanoke Rapids Lake Roanoke Rapids Dam Vepco Lake Gaston Weldon Roanoke Navigation Co Waterpower Plymouth Elizabeth City Edenton Capitan Coles Albermarle Sound Champlain Coles North Carolina

Three Gentlemen Survey Dan and Roanoke Rivers 1819 in Danville to Norfolk

Col. Benjamin W.S. Cabell Lawson Carter and Capt. Walter Coles, all Pittsylvania planters with War of 1812 and Assembly service, set out from Danville in May 1819 to survey the Dan and Roanoke rivers for potential batteaux navigation to Norfolk. Coles kept a journal noting falls, shoals, canal thoughts, Halifax collapse, Plymouth trade, and plans for heavier boats and a permanent navigation system.

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