South Side of Charleston, W. Va. During the Civil War
Date:
1863
Description:
Copy of painting by A.M. Doddridge, 1863- Army camp just below Chesapeake and Ohio Depot site near mouth of Ferry Branch on the Kanawha river. Fort Scammon Hill in the distance. President Hayes and McKinley were stationed in camp.
Lock and Dam No.7 during Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1891/10/01
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Lock and Dam No. 7 - Lock looking downstream. The derricks have just been taken out of the chamber and the removal of the cofferdamn is about to begin. The most of the coping is set on the lock walls. Taken October 1, 1891.'
Lock and Dam No. 7 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1891/10/01
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Lock and Dam No. 7 - Inside of first section of cofferdam for navigation pass. Mixing and placing concrete in progress. Upper wall and guard sill, and part of lower wall and coping, set. Rods and disks for wicket anchorage in place and partly concreted around. Ends of rods forming bridge anchorage shown just below guard sill. Taken October 1, 1891.'
Lock and Dam No. 7 during Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1891/11/20
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Lock and Dam No. 7 - Inside of first section of cofferdam for navigation pass, next to lock wall, after completion of foundations. One wicket and one service-bridge trestle in place, standing. Taken November 20, 1891.'
Lock and Dam No. 7 during Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1891/11/20
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Lock and Dam No. 7 - Inside of first section of cofferdam for navigation pass, next to lock wall, after completion of foundations. One wicket and one service-bridge trestle in place. The wicket 'on the swing.' Taken November 20, 1891.'
Lock and Dam No. 8 Under Construction on the Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1892/07/01
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Lock and Dam No.8 - Inside of first section of cofferdam for navigation pass. Taken from the lock wall. Taken July 1, 1892. The upper guard sill and downstream wall are finished, and the concreting is done. The main longitudinal timbers are all placed. The wicket sill as far as shown lacks the cap piece, sill irons and plate, of being finished. The setting of coping, paving, work on wicket sill, and the placing of fixed irons - wicket and trestle boxes, hurters and slides, etc., in progress. (There was a little water on top of the paving between the guard and wicket sills when the picture was taken.)'
Lock and Dam No. 9 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/08/08
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Looking inside the cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Unfinished walls, concrete and puddle core, and wicket anchorage for the weir foundations shown in foreground. The coping and sills are in place next to the center pier.'
Lock and Dam No. 9 during Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/08/09
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. General view of work from the top of the bank near the head of the lock. Work on the foundations for the weir part of the dam in progress inside of the cofferdam. (See views taken the same day inside the cofferdam.) The lock was completed except the gates, which were yet to be placed. The foundations for the navigation pass (being the part of the dam next to the lock) were finished in 1896.'
Lock and Dam No. 9 During Construction, Kanawha River, W.Va.
Date:
1897/08/09
Description:
'U.S. Improvement, Great Kanawha River, West Virginia.Looking inside of cofferdam for the weir part of the dam. Setting masonry, placing concrete, and puddle and wicket anchorage in progress.'
