Record #:

13118

Author(s):

Ruffin, Edmund

Abstract:

In an excerpt from his 1860s book, Sketches of Lower Carolina, Ruffin discusses the arduous task of digging the Great Dismal Swamp Canal. Extending from Virginia into North Carolina, the canal is 22 miles long and permits passage for vessels of five-foot draft or less.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 24 Issue 26, May 1957, p11, il

Subject(s):

Canals; Great Dismal Swamp Canal