Historic Structure Report, Historical Data: U.S. Rifle Factory Bridges, Canal, and Dam on the Shenandoah River, Lower Hall Island, 1796-1885
Snell CW. 1981. Historic Structure Report, Historical Data: U.S. Rifle Factory Bridges, Canal, and Dam on the Shenandoah River, Lower Hall Island, 1796-1885. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park preserves historic resources and commemorates the historic events that occurred at and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park consists of portions of the Lower Town, the former Storer College campus, landscapes associated with the national historical park’s Civil War significance, and lands preserving the historic viewshed down the Potomac River. This report brings together all available documentary evidence relating to the U.S. Canal, Dam, and Bridges of the U.S. Rifle Factory, Lower Hall Island, Shenandoah River, for the years 1796 to 1885. The report thus makes possible for the first time, a detailed study of this phase of the physical history of the Lower Hall Island.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snell, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1981-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAFE , NCR
- Keywords
- bridge, canal, Civil War, dam, factory, Lower Hall Island, rifle factory, Shenandoah River
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000570: Lower Town; Shenandoah Street , CRIS-HS: 101367: Shenandoah City; Lake Quigley Headgates , CRIS-HS: 045469: Virginius Island; Lake Quigley Retaining Wall , CRIS-HS: 012892: Virginius Island; Shenandoah Pulp Company