Have to ask the obvious. Have you been to LVA or VHS? Being it is VA there
must be a number of local historical societies.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Has anyone any information about floods from 1815 to 1836 in Richmond? I
> have Googled without success for anything but major 100 year events.
>
> I am working on the logistics of supply for the Belle Isle Iron and Nail
> works from its start in 1815 to 1836 when the Micajah Bates Map of Spring
> Hill shows a wing dam coming off the south side of Belle Isle. Aerial
> photos and on-site examination show some evidence for a former crib dam
> from the 19th Street Lock on the south shore of the James over to Belle
> Isle where there exists a curious jog in the line of the water intake for
> the industry there.
>
> I just can't see ironworkers putting pig iron on their shoulders and
> walking to Belle Isle across the rocks in the morning and then back
> carrying a keg of nails or horse shoes in the evening. With a dam in place
> creating a relatively calm "pond", boating to and from the island would
> seem to be the obvious means.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lyle Browning
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