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The
Rappahannock River Fall Hill was strategically sited at the Rappahannock River. The river remains a significant resource. Please double click image to view photos POSSIBILITIES: (Possibilities are not guaranteed, or warranted)
The Canal:
This sign is on the bridge over the canal, note the yellow sales sign in the background, on Subject. The canal was built in the early 1800's as a means of linking the uplands, west of Fredericksburg via a canal system intertwined with the river. Later, the canal was abandoned up river as rail and road transportation improved, but this section of the canal and dam were used to divert water for industrial uses - water power. Then, at the turn of the century, a larger concrete dam was build for hydro power (recently removed). The canal served the City of Fredericksburg for many decades as a means of transporting water from the river to its filtration plant for potable water. A new system was installed up river.
Although the dam is gone, plans to pump water from the river into the canal and again have an active water feature within the City of Fredericksburg and has been accomplished. There is water in the canal now (2013).
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