2009-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/31/2009
Two disbound, "Map Showing the Location of the Louisville and Portland Canal at the Falls of the Ohio," with the enlargement and extension as proposed by Edward Watts, C.E. Nov. 1856" 32"x 22-1/2." ... plus Two disbound, "Plan of a Lift Lock At The Louisville and Portland Canal," 29" 21," designed by Edward Watts, C.E., drawn by W.H. Bradley, Nov. 1856. ... plus, "Plan of a Lattice Pivot Bridge for the Louisville and Portland Canal," 29" 21," designed by Edward Watts, C.E., drawn by W.H. Bradley, Nov. 1856. All disbound from Congressional documents. The Louisville and Portland Canal was a 2-mile canal bypassing the Falls of the Ohio in the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1830, and was operated by the Louisville and Portland Canal Company until 1874, and became the McAlpine Locks and Dam in 1962 after heavy modernization.
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