United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.974841880This sketch of the Augusta Canal, a project championed and partially funded by Augusta attorney Henry Cumming, was made in 1880.Image of an 1880 sketch of the Augusta Canal in Augusta, Georgia. This view depicts the waste gates of the canal. Two people are drawn standing on top of the gates. The canal project was championed and partially funded by Augusta attorney Henry Cumming. He envisioned the canal as a solution to the economic downturn of the 1840s, which affected Augusta and the South.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/henry-cumming-1799-1866Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/henry-cumming-1799-1866Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaAugusta Canal (Ga.)Canals--Georgia--AugustaDrawing--Georgia--AugustaPersons--Georgia--AugustaAugusta Canal, 1880StillImage