History of the James River and Kanawha Company

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The James River and Kanawha Company was Virginia''s bid for the western trade, and the works that it constructed, of which the canal was only a part, formed the chief com mercial artery of the state in ante bellum t...