Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal

Chartered by Pennsylvania, 1835; run by the canal company, 1840-1872, and the Reading Railroad till 1894. Followed the river for 45 miles below Columbia.

Marker is on Furnace Road PA 425 0.1 miles north of Goram Road, on the left when ...

Overshot Waterwheel

This is a reconstruction of one of many waterwheels used on this site. It is called an overshot wheel because the water flows over the top. The Tredegar Iron Works used waterwheels from its founding in 1836 until the 1870s ...

Blackwater Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to All Veterans

Past Present & Future

WWI • WWII • Vietnam

Harold Dean Waller • Vietnam

James Paul Barton • Vietnam

John Wesley Dial • World War II

Aubrey Embrey • World War II

Glenn Alley • World War II

Charles H. Schuster • World War ...

Elkwater / Col. J. A. Washington

(Obverse)

Elkwater

Trenches made by Federal troops under Gen. Reynolds, 1861. Nearby were the two Haddan Indian forts, scene of the Stewart and Kinnan massacres. Important features of 4-H Club work among rural youth started here in 1915.

(Reverse)

Col. J. A. Washington

Here, Sept. ...

Camp Elkwater

Gateway to the Tygart Valley

Following success at Rich Mountain in July 1861, Federal troops under Gen Joseph Reynolds built Camp Elkwater to deter Confederates from returning. Fortifications here blocked the narrow valley floor and a turnpike leading to the Virginia ...

The Alloway Creek Watershed

Wetland Restoration Site

The Alloway Creek Watershed

Wetland Restoration SiteThe Alloway Creek Watershed Site encompasses approximately 3,096 acres of wetland and upland edge in Elsinboro and Lower Alloway Creek Township, Salem County. This site follows the north side of the Alloway Creek ...

Cohoes - Waterford Bridge

Designed and Built in 1932 by the

State of New York

Department of Public Works

Frederick Stuart Greene, Superintendent

T.F Farrell - Chief Engineer

H.O Scheermerhorn - Asst. Chief Engineer

R. B. Smith - Resident Eng

Bates and Rogers Construction Company

Contractors Chicago, Ill.

Marker is on Saratoga Street ...

The Watermen of Back Creek

During the 1920s, the houses on this street belonged to African-American families. Most of the men living here worked on the water, launching often home-built boats from their back yards. They harvested oysters from September to April, and crabs in ...

Waterford - An Old Mill Town

Amos Janney, a Pennsylvania Quaker, settled on the south fork of Catoctin Creek around 1733. Other Quakers soon followed drawn by the fertile land. Most were grain farmers, making a mill an early priority. By the early 1740s, Janney had ...

Tidewater Lock View

In 1860, 244,273 tons of goods were transported along the James River and Kanawha canal.

Visible from this spot is one of two locks that remain from Richmond's original canals. It was the last in a series of five stone locks ...