Many thanks, Bill. You have confirmed what I thought I recalled. Also, you have reminded me that Joseph Carrington Cabell, indeed, was rather dictatorial about 'his' canal. My father used to say that if Virginia had spend the same effort on the railroad that they did on the canal, then Norfolk would have been larger than New York. Well, I guess thank goodness for small favors.
Randy Cabell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Trout" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Charles Ellett & The James River Canal
> Your source was probably CABELL'S CANAL by Langhorne Gibson, Jr., Commodore
> Press, Richmond, 2000.
>
> In 2004 there should be another book with material on Charles Ellett, Jr.:
> canal historian Gibson Hobbs is finishing a book about engineering on the
> James River & Kanawha Canal.
>
> In 1835 Ellett was in charge of building the canal between Tye River and
> Lynchburg. He became Chief Engineer of the entire canal in 1836 but was
> fired in 1839, the result of a personality conflict with Joseph Cabell,
> president of the JR&K Company. Ellett's wife had warned him not to be "too
> dictatorial." Cabell arranged to have him replaced and stopped paying him
> but didn't tell him until later, getting some free work out of him.
>
> Bill Trout, VC&NS, www.batteau.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:32 PM
> Subject: Charles Ellett & The James River Canal
>
>
> I am putting the finishing touches on a public statement next Wednesday in
> Lovingston, and in regard to Nelson-County History, I want to reference that
> Charles Ellett had something to do with building the James River Kanahwa
> Canal. Somewhere in the black hole that passes for my filing system, I
> recall a statement that he was chief engineer for the section of the canal
> between the Tye River (New Market) and Lynchburg, then fell out with the
> management and quit.
>
> BUT I cannot put my finger on where I read this. Can anybody confirm or
> deny the story for me?
>
> Randy Cabell
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