19TH CENTURY U.S. CANALS

Kentucky

 

 

Licking River Navigation

 

A Description of the Canals and Railroads of the United States – 1840
A brief description is on page 192.

 

Acts Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky - 1836
An appropriation to begin the study of improving the navigation begins on page 534.

 

Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make reference to the navigation system.

 

Cincinnati in 1841
A brief history of the navigation system is on page 79.

 

History of Kentucky
A description of the locks and dams is on page 423.

 

Licking Rivers Locks and Dams
A brief history of the navigation system.

 

Our Rich History: More on the Licking River, which never got its series of operating locks and dams
A brief history of the navigation system.

 

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge - 1838
A proposal to expand the scope of the navigation system is on page 187.

 

The Licking River Navigation
A brief history and description of the navigation system.

 

The Ohio River – 1922
A brief description and current status of the canal is on page 260.

 

The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London - 1841
An extract of a report submitted by the Resident Engineer of the navigation system begins on page 379.

 

Rev. May, 2020