The Dismal Swamp Canal

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12 THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. TYPE COPYRIGHT 1907 BY JAMESTOWN A. & V. CO.

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4091 CUPYRIGHT TION 1909 JAMESTOWN EX.co OFFICIAL SEAL 1907 1607-JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION-1907/ Pig0¹ OFFICIAL SOUVENIR LLS 21 3PM FOR COMMUNICATION THIS SPACE MAY BE USED Thanks for your pretty postal card, barpenter. Jenme No. 152. An THE DISMAL SWAMP CANAL. and to drain adjacent lands being desired, a charter for the construction of this canal was g anted by the legis- lature of Virginia on December 1, 1787. Some time elapsed before work was begun. The first vessel passed through it in 1822, and it was finally completed in 1826. It connects the Elizabeth River, of Virginia, with the Pasquatonk River in North Carolina. Its banks were cut and the water let out by the Confederates to prevent the Feterals from using it during the Civil War. The damage has since been repaired. (Other Dismal Swamp scenes, Cards Nos. 153 and 154.) TORR UNITED STATES OF FOR ADDRESS ONL 1766 FRANKLIN 1790 PUBLISHED BY THE CONCESSIONAIRE, THE JAMESTOWN AMUSEMENT & VENDING CO., INC., ORFOLK VA TO BINON M. Ida. W. Shurtleff. North barver, Mass. E061