Augusta Canal

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Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Augusta Canal
Augusta Canal
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Built/Founded: 1845
Architect: Multiple
Architectural style(s): Romanesque
Designated as NHL: December 22, 1977[1]
Added to NRHP: May 27, 1971[2]
NRHP Reference#: 71000285
Governing body: Local

The Augusta Canal was devised to harness the power of the fall line of the Savannah River for mills and to provide drinking water for Augusta, Georgia. It is the only canal in the world still used for its original purpose of providing hydro-electric power to textile mills.

The brain-child of lawyer Henry Cumming, it was surveyed and designed by J. Edgar Thomson who was over-seeing the completion of the Georgia Railroad.

It was chartered in 1845 and completed in 1847.

The canal is part of the Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District, which was named a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It was also named a National Heritage Area by Congress in 1998. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).

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