Thanks very much. I found the dissertation online http://wvuscholar.wvu.edu:8881//exlibris/dtl/d3_1/apache_media/L2V4bGlicmlzL2R0bC9kM18xL2FwYWNoZV9tZWRpYS8xNDAwOQ==.pdf ________________________________ From: George M. Williams <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sun, March 13, 2011 11:31:48 PM Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] navigable rivers west of the Blue Ridge 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 > > > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html