Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District

Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District is a national historic district and historic archaeological site located on the Coal River in Boone, Lincoln, and Kanawha County, West Virginia. It consists of an underwater resource depicting the navigation and transportation system used on the Coal River during the late-19th and early-20th century. It includes remains of timber cribs, locks and dams, and a lock master house.[2] It was designed by William Rosecrans in the mid-1850s, and was one of the first complete lock and dam systems in West Virginia.[3]

Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District
Nearest cityAlum Creek, West Virginia
Area41 acres (17 ha)
Built1855
ArchitectRosecrans, William S., Coal River Na; Bowman Lumber, Coal River Boom & Tim
NRHP reference No.97001417[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1997

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. United States Geological Survey "Upper Falls Lockmaster House (historical)"
  3. Jourdan, Katherine; et al. (2000). Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.


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