Building Dams
Item
Type
Autograph Letter fragment signed
Title
Building Dams
Description
Advises on securing water power for works at Harpers Ferry.
short description
Ltr, adv on water power @ Harpers Ferry
year created
1799
month created
02
day created
24
author
recipient
in collection
content note
One corner of this document is missing, and with it words key to a full understanding of Bull's advice.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
John Bull
notable location
Harpers Ferry
Potowmack River
Shenandore River
Potomac
river
Harper's Ferry
notable idea/issue
water power
building dams
construction
notable phrase
practice of erecting dams
water works for my own use
some
very forcible
well acquainted
rivers
land
particularly a the junction and for some miles from the forks up each river
having erected and dam & mills on the Shenandore about one mile above
resided as said mills several years
competent knowledge
quantity, force and power of water
requisite for the support of the arsenal
for casting, forging, hitting. Boreing, grinding, polish
of opinion
erecting a dam in either of the rivers from the main shore to the island
conducting the water from the dam to the site of the work by proper canal
quantity of water
mode contemplated of conducting
through a mountain f rocks
I conceive not impossible but
the expense at this time
document number
1799022480001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | XFE05 (3 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | [unknown] |
| [view document] (2 pages) | XFE05a (2 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Bull | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Hodgdon | [unknown] | [n/a] |