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| Keywords: james river kanawha canal system lift lock 7 battery creek blue ridge parkway milepost 63 cultural history outdoor wall road Lock #7 along the old James River and Kanawha Canal at Battery Creek was restored during the late 1960s to show part of our nation's transportation infrastructure and part of George Washington's vision of a Waterway to the West connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Ohio River Valley via the James River and Kanawha Rivers. Lock 7 had a total lift of some 13 vertical feet and connected the slackwater section of river to the prism to float up the James River Gorge just wast of here. Lock #7 along the old James River and Kanawha Canal at Battery Creek was restored during the late 1960s to show part of our nation's transportation infrastructure and part of George Washington's vision of a Waterway to the West connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Ohio River Valley via the James River and Kanawha Rivers. Lock 7 had a total lift of some 13 vertical feet and connected the slackwater section of river to the prism to float up the James River Gorge just wast of here. | ||||
