Martinsville Fish Dam

Martinsville Fish Dam - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Martinsville Fish Dam is a Native American weir in the Smith River near Martinsville, Virginia. The weir is a rough wall of piled rocks in a V shape with the point of the V downstream. At an opening in that point a basket could be used to catch fish that were funneled to that point by the walls of the weir. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
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Source: en.wikipedia.org