Landsford Canal - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Landsford Canal - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Landsford Canal is a navigation channel that opened in 1823 with the purpose of bypassing rapids along the Catawba River to allow efficient freight transport and rapid travel between nearby communities and settlements along the rural frontiers of the era. It had five locks operating over a stretch of with an elevation change overall of . It was part of the inland navigation system from the 'Up Country' to Charleston, built systematically from 1819, and the navigations are today the centerpiece of Canal State Park: Read more on Wikipedia
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