The South Branch of the Potomac was used in the Spring when the waters were
at higher levels to ship barrels of flouer to Alexandria, the boats/barges
were built in the Moorefield area, but were not returned.
You might try Elizabeth Oliver Lee "Potomac's Valley shall become a domain
we Create" Commercialialism and the South Branch Valley 1750-1800,
,Dissertation, History Department,West Virginia University, 2008,
George M. Williams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lyle E. Browning" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: navigable rivers west of the Blue Ridge
Your first stop would be to visit the Virginia Canals and Navigations
Society Website. In it you will find information on riverine traffic modes
in the Shenandoah Valley. Bill Trout's wonderful River Atlas series has one
on the Shenandoah that will give you a tremendous amount of information.
As for craft, these would primarily have been batteaux or the Shenandoah
River variant called a Gundalow that had flattish ends, some of which were
dismantled for use as housing boards upon completion of their one-way
voyage.
Lyle Browning
On Mar 9, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Bill Crews wrote:
> does anyone know the extent to which any of the rivers in the Shenandoah
> Valley
> were used for travel or commerce in the Colonial era? Relatedly is anyone
> familiar with a source -- ideally a primary one -- for what kinds of craft
> were
> used on these rivers?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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