Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District

Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city:	Alum Creek, West Virginia
Area:	41 acres (17 ha)
Built:	1855
Governing body:	State
NRHP Reference#:	97001417[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 24, 1997

Coal River Locks, Dams, and Log Booms Archeological District is a national historic district and historic archaeological site located on the Coal River in Boone, Lincoln, and Kanawha County, West Virginia. It consists of an underwater resource depicting the navigation and transportation system used on the Coal River during the late-19th and early-20th century. It includes remains of timber cribs, locks and dams, and a lock master house. It was designed by William Rosecrans in the mid-1850s, and was one of the first complete lock and dam systems in West Virginia.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Jourdan, Katherine; et al. (2000). Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.