- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Dutch Gap Canal
- Creator:
- E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- Rivers--Virginia
Canals--Virginia
Soldiers - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Isle of Wight County, James River, 36.94154, -76.44356
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The War for the Union. Photographic History. War Views. Dutch Gap Canal. Taken after the bank was blown out. James River, Va. No. 2693. Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 591 Broadway, New York.
View of an unidentified Union soldier standing on the bank of the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River in Virginia during its construction.
dutch gap; canal; james river; soldiers; civil war; union;
During the American Civil War, the Union army attempted to build a canal at Dutch Gap on the James River in Virginia to cut off Confederate army forts controlling a large section of the river. The canal was not completed until after the war and is now the main channel of the river. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3640.001
ahc1703640001 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1997
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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