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Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System
System of Transportation using the Appomatox River and Canal founded in 17951
From 1745 to 1891, the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation system enabled farmers to deliver wheat and corn to mills on the Appomattox River as far west as Farmville, Virginia, then to ship milled flour to Petersburg. The canal, which circumvented the falls at Petersburg, had a turning basin that let the long, narrow bateau reverse direction, unload shipments, and load goods for the return trip.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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From 1745 to 1891, the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation system enabled farmers to deliver wheat and corn to mills on the Appomattox River as far west as Farmville, Virginia, then to ship milled flour to Petersburg. The canal, which circumvented the falls at Petersburg, had a turning basin that let the long, narrow bateau reverse direction, unload shipments, and load goods for the return trip.2
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