- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Augusta Canal
- Creator:
- Cashin, Edward J., 1927-2007
- Date of Original:
- 2005-08-12
- Subject:
- Augusta Canal (Ga.)
Canals--Georgia--Augusta
Waterways--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Augusta Canal. The Augusta Canal, constructed in 1845, provides water to the city, power to factories, and transportation for canal craft. The canal rescued Augusta from a business depression in the 1840s and provided energy for war-related industries during the Civil War (1861-65). In the 1880s, it fueled an economic boom and then experienced neglect during the mid-1900s. The canal later benefited from a groundswell of popular support in the 1990s.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/augusta-canal/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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