48th mile. By selecting the best channel, very fair navigation is obtained. Depth, 2.5 to 7 feet. At 3,261 feet on the right is the pump-house of the Danville waterworks. The mile ends 1,011 feet above Wilson's lower ferry. 49th mile. The same kind of navigation continues. Just above Wilson's ferry the channel is close to the left bank and through a dam with sluice 9 feet wide. sluice, 3.2 feet. Depth in Wilson's lower ferry.—To Wilson's ferry from Madison is 48.191 miles. Fall, 136.37 feet. Below the ferry the channel is along the left bank to 3,927 feet; depth, 3 to 7 feet. At this point the channel bears to the right and follows a tortuous course between the high points of rock to the dam. The depth above the dam is 2 to 4 feet. To the head of the canal is 49.13 miles, and the fall from Madison is 139.40 feet. Dam at Danville.-The dam is built of logs and plank, resting on the ledge, and formerly extended nearly the full width of the river; the end toward the left bank has been washed away. Canal at Danville.-The old canal, at the head, is 45 feet wide; the guard-lock 15 feet wide. From the guard-lock to the foot of the canal the width ranges from 20 to 30 feet, and the water is 1.5 to 6 feet deep. From the head to the foot below Bridge street, Danville, at the flour-mill, is 3,600 feet and the fall is 1.53 feet. From the foot of the canal to the Dan River, at the Richmond and Danville Railroad Bridge, is 1,640 feet, and the fall is 16.03 feet, making the fall from head of the canal to the railroad bridge 17.56 feet. Distance from Madison bridge to Richmond and Danville Raiiroad Bridge, 50.1 miles; fall, 156.96 feet. Locality. SECTION II.-Tabular statement of shoals and obstructions. 0.57 Roberson Fish-Trap Shoal 1.2 Cross-Rock Rapid. 1.5 Ledge.... 2.814 Gravel Bar. 150 0.04 8.30 8.59 41.06 Remarks. Feet. 1.30 6.34 Open truss, wood, 206 feet long, 3 spans, 14 feet wide, 28.2 feet above low water. Gravel bottom. Sluice 10 feet wide. Rock three-fourths width of river; wing-dam; sluice 20 feet. Rock bottom; sluices 8 to 20 feet; sufficient depth most of distance. Recent formation; will probably wash away. Ledge at upper end; sand-bar at foot; general depth sufficient. High points of rock for 150 feet; sluice 9 feet wide. Sluice 10 feet wide. Covered, wood, 304 feet long, 16 feet wide, 30.58 feet above low water. Sluice 12 feet wide. 23.91 Sluice 12 feet wide. Rock nearly across the river; channel on left lock 75 feet wide at mill. Rock bottom. 32. 62 Two dams; sluices 8 and 9 feet wide; high points; rock bottom; abundance of stone at hand. 34.41 Ledge at head of island shoal for 100 feet. Two dams; sluices 12 feet wide, 2.2 and 2.5 feet deep; short gravel bar; depth, 1.7 feet. Gravel; shoal channel on right. Wooden lattice, covered, 273 feet long, 2 spans, 13 feet wide, 29.9 feet above low water, Channel under south span, sluice 10 feet i sand har below dam Two wing dams; sluices 10 feet wide; shoal 300 feet; rock bottom. River at foot of Blue Ridge; fine water-power. Four wing-dams; sluices 9, 10.10, and 60 feet; rock bottom; high points. Channel on right; dam sluice 9 feet wide; gravel shoal. Drift water-wall 300 feet long; wing at foot; sluice 20 feet; rock bottom. Sluice 9 feet wide. Dam at head and foot; sluices 10 feet; depth on shoal 3 to 10 feet; rock bottom. Rises in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; good water-power. Narrow sluice on rocks; crooked channel; 3 wing-dams; sluices Channel on left, sufficiently wide and deep. Sluice 12 feet wide. Dam torn down. Gravel and bowlders; channel 13 feet wide. Bowlders and gravel; channel 30 feet wide. Rock bottom; dam at foot; sluice 10 feet. Two wing-dams; sluices 10 and 16 feet wide; two wings and parallel wall; sluice 8 feet wide; bottom is rock, gravel, and bowlders. Rock bottom. Bowlders on right; fish-dams on both sides; channel through dam with sluice 10 feet wide; rock bottom. Three dams; sluices 10 feet wide; rock and gravel bottom. Five dams; sluices 10 feet wide; general depth sufficient; rock and gravel bottom. Pole ferry. Constructed of logs and plank, resting on the rock, and extending two-thirds width of the river. Guard-lock at head, 15 feet wide; width of canal ranges from 20 to 30 feet; depth, 1.5 to 6 feet. 72.06 73.38 559 0.42 75.04 Daniels' Ferry 31.917 75.95 Pole ferry. Cow Ford Shoal. 33.706 1.8 689 0.23 77.73 Head of Long Shoal. 43.902 106.80 107.52 Long Shoal 45.517 1.4 Lynch's Shoal 46.868 2.3 Wilson's Lower Ferry 48. 191 136. 37 Pole ferry. Head of canal. |