Maps of the Muscle Shoals Canal between Lamb's Ferry and Campbell's Ferry with profiles and cross-sections on which the canal will pass as located by order of the Board of Tenn. Canal Commissioners.

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Maps of the Muscle Shoals Canal between Lamb's Ferry and Campbell's Ferry with profiles and cross-sections on which the canal will pass as located by order of the Board of Tenn. Canal Commissioners.

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Maps and profiles 1831, of the Muscle Shoals Canal proposed by the Board of Tenn. Canal Commissioners. The collection is composed of 10 maps showing the proposed passage of the canal, along with the location of the locks. Along with the maps are 3 pages of plans, elevations, and sections of the locks and dams. The maps and profiles were projected by Nathan S. Roberts, a civil engineer, and drawn by F. H. Petrie and R. P. Baker.

10 maps, 3 architectural profiles: ink on paper, encapsulated; 46 x 57 cm.photocopies of originals: bond paper; 46 x 57 cm.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Irvine, James B.

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James B. Irvine was president of the Board of Tennessee Canal Commissioners. This board was established by the Ala. legislature in 1830 to oversee improvements to Muscle Shoals and Colbert Shoals in the Tennessee River. Although construction of a canal was completed around 1838, it did not improve some areas above and below the canal which were dangerous to navigate. In spite of requests by the board for money to correct the problems above and below the canal, the legislature appropriated no fur...

Roberts, Nathan S. (Nathan Smith) 1776-1852.

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Petrie, F. H.

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Baker, R. P.

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