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MAPS
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Dismal Swamp Canal maps  |
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Map of the Dismal Swamp
Canal – 1867
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Norfolk County map – 1887
Includes the route of the canal. |
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Map
of the Great Dismal Swamp Canal from South Mills,
North Carolina to Gilmerton, Chesapeake, Virginia
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GENERAL
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A Collection of All Such Acts
of the General Assembly of Virginia of a Public and
Permanent Nature, as are Now in Force - 1808
A series of Acts relating to the canal begin on
page 55.
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A New Gazetteer of the United
States of America – 1830
A description is on page 441.
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Acts Passed at a General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia – 1818
The Act authorizing the canal begins on page 109.
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America's Dismal Swamp
Some historical facts relating to the canal are on pages
13 and 16.
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America's Civil War: Expedition to
Destroy Dismal Swamp Canal
Description of an unsuccessful Union
attempt to destroy the canal in 1862.
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America's Wetland: An
Environmental and Cultural History of Tidewater
Virginia and North Carolina
A brief history of the canal begins on page 104.
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Annual Report of the Board
of Public Works to the Legislature of Virginia,
Volume 17 – 1835
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Annual Report of the Board of
Public Works to the General Assembly of Virginia –
1851
A report for the canal begins on page 283.
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Blood and War At My Doorstep
A brief history of the swamp and canal begins on page
101.
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Canals for a Nation
A brief history of the canal is on
page 118.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Congressional Edition, Volume
5250 – 1908
A brief history and description begins on page 91.
Includes toll rates and 1905 freight traffic statistics.
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Darby's Universal Gazetteer –
1827
A brief history and description is on page 208.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to historical photos and maps.
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Dismal Swamp Canal
History and description of the
canal, including a current photo. Links to related
sites.
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Dismal Swamp Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Dismal Swamp Canal
A brief history of the
canal. Current photo.
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Dismal Swamp Canal
An extensive history of the
canal. Historical and current maps and
photos, plus links to related sites.
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Dismal Swamp Canal –
Gilmerton Division
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Dismal Swamp Canal
Historical Marker
Photo
in Camden County. Includes a brief history of
the canal.
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Dismal Swamp Canal: The Battle of South
Mills Historical Marker
A brief history of the role of the
canal during the Civil War. Current photos and links
to related sites.
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Dismal Swamp lithograph
The image appears on page 2 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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Encyclopædia Americana,
Volume 7 – 1831
A brief description is on page 23.
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Expedition to Destroy Dismal
Swamp Canal
An account of a Civil War operation.
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Great Dismal Swamp Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Suffolk County.
Links to related sites.
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Harry C. Mann Photograph
Collection
Historical photos of the canal can be found by: 1)
clicking on the link for this collection, 2) click on
"refine", 3) enter "canal" in the search text box, 4)
click on the "refine" button.
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Journal of the House of
Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia – 1835
A description of the condition of one of its locks after
failure is on page 20. The Annual Report begins on
page 34.
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Letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury – 1878
An
extensive document about the canal.
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Niles' Weekly Register,
Volume 37 – 1829
A newspaper article about the canal is on page 245.
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North
Carolina's Scariest Swamp
A brief description of the feeder canal is on
page 19.
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Original Stockholders Dismal
Swamp Canal
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Poquosin: A Study of Rural
Landscape & Society
A brief history of the canal begins on page 12.
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Report on the Dismal Swamp Canal
- 1867
Link to the 1867 report.
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Second American Edition of
the New Edinburgh Encyclopædia, Volume 18, Part 1 –
1831
A brief history of the canal is on page 251.
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Steam Navigation in Virginia
and Northeastern North Carolina, 1826-1836
Includes on page 86 a newspaper article about what may
have been the first steamboat to traverse the canal.
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Sunday Ship History: The Dismal
Swamp Canal
A brief history of the canal. Maps and current
photos.
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Superintendent’s House
Current photo of the only surviving
structure on the property of the former canal company.
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The Dismal Swamp Canal
An article begins on page 3 of the American Canal
Society newsletter.
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The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Volume 18 -
1832
A brief history and description of
the canal begins on page 251.
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The Feds Take Control of the
Dismal Swamp Canal
A brief history of the canal. Historical
photo.
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The Great Dismal Swamp
A history of the canal.
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The Great Dismal Swamp in
Myth and Legend
A timeline of the canal's history begins on page 333.
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The Fabulous History of the
Dismal Swamp Company
Includes a history of the canal's development.
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The Waterman's Song: Slavery
and Freedom in Maritime North Carolina
A brief description is on page 106.
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