Dutch Gap Canal is located on the James River in Chesterfield County, Virginia just north of the lost 17th-century town of Henricus. The canal's construction...
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The Dutch Gap Canal Lights were built to mark the ends of Dutch Gap Canal, now called Dutch Gap Cutoff, which is a 3⁄4 nautical mile (1.4 km; 0.86 mi)...
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General Butler's troops built the Dutch Gap Canal, across the neck of the peninsula. In the 1870s, the Dutch Gap Canal was expanded and become the main...
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810-acre (3.3 km2) Dutch Gap Conservation Area. In 1922, Chesterfield County annexed the former location of Henricus south of the Dutch Gap Canal from Henrico...
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James River for patrol duty until 15 May, engaging enemy batteries at Dutch Gap Canal on 1 April and 2 April. After cruising to Havana, Cuba, between 17...
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James River. It was present, but lacked shells during the fighting at Dutch Gap Canal on 13 August and 22 October 1864. Shells were delivered on 27 October...
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01:30. The latter two ships continued downriver and anchored below the Dutch Gap Canal to await the rest of the squadron. The squadron commander, Flag Officer...
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housed his staff. During that time, Butler, nicknamed "Dutch", led the effort to dig the Dutch Gap canal. Varina is located near a site of the (multi-site)...
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to the horrors of war while photographing the construction of the Dutch Gap Canal: after an artillery shell exploded next to him, it was said, "shaking...
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Native Americans soon after founding Jamestown. Africans were brought by Dutch and English slave ships to the Virginia Colony. The plantation system developed...
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on what is now known as Farrar's Island, near the location of the Dutch Gap Canal today. Henrico had been founded to eventually replace Jamestown as...
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under the command of Major General Benjamin Butler began building the Dutch Gap Canal in August to try to bypass Confederate land defenses in the area. On...
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The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the...
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Lighthouse". Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S. Retrieved October 17, 2017. "Dutch Gap Canal Lights". Chesapeake Chapter U.S.L.H.S. Retrieved October 17, 2017....
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Department on Roanoke Island to leave and work on construction of the Dutch Gap Canal to divert the James River in Virginia. The commanding officers, such...
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trenches around Petersburg up to June 18 and then did fatigue duty at Dutch Gap Canal until August 27, 1864. From there, the regiment moved to Deep Bottom...
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Osborne Landing when it was created. In 1881, sand and silt from the Dutch Gap Canal made the Osborne Landing dock unreachable by boat. The Railway was...
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IJmuiden (redirect from IJmuiden, North Holland)
1865. IJmuiden is the newest city in North Holland. It was founded on 1 November 1876, when the North Sea Canal was officially opened by William III of the...
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Bermuda Hundred Line, laid many miles of corduroy roads, dredged the Dutch Gap Canal, and constructed the abutments and roads that connected the pontoon...
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