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Waterpower on Virginius Island, Shenandoah River near Potomac River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Summary
Significance: Virginius Island is historically significant because it is the site of a 19th century water powered industrial village. The study of the site offers much information on the evolution of American water power technology from water wheels through successive generations of water turbines. It also reveals characteristics of industrial villages, prototypical manufacturing communities that played a key role in early American industrial development.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23
Survey number: HAER WV-35
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Harpers Ferry, 39.32538, -77.73888
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
