The canal was his main purpose was hydropower. A secondary use there were long long barges. Well, they had to shoot the rabbits. They could a lot in a nice smooth ride. As the civil war began, the need for gunpowder was foremost importance. And colonel George Washington rings was higher to look for spot to build the gunpowder works pretty he scoured and road on trains throughout the south scouting locations and chose augusta. He has several things he was looking for. One was a source of water and one was a source of power a he needed Skilled Workforce which augusta had because we began manufacturing. We were very secure behind the fighting lines at the time. The augusta how to works with a large complex of buildings 28 or more that were built more or less in a year. One of the interesting things about the works is that were separate buildings and there was a reason for that because if you had an explosion of one, you wanted abetween one building and the other so they were not all blow
Manmade waterway and it comes from the Savannah River, our main river here and troughs in town about 7. 5 miles. Here, the son of the first mayor of augusta was in massachusetts and saw the canal. Augustas economics came to a standstill. Hes aware to do something and thought we could do that here. We can build a canal and pull that Savannah River and bring into town of high so it can fall. The canal was his main purpose was hydropower. A secondary use there were long barges. Well, they had to shoot the rapids. As the river dropped a very dangerous down the river. They were very pleased when it was built. They could a lot in a nice smooth ride. As the civil war began, the need for gunpowder was foremost importance. And colonel George Washington raines was higher to look for spot to build the gunpowder works pretty he scoured and road on trains throughout the south scouting locations and chose augusta. He has several things he was looking for. One was a source of water and one was a sour
Assassination of William Mckinley and to accommodate her family, first Lady Edith Roosevelt renovates the second mansion,the executive thus adding a west wing. By adding a secretary to the payroll she creates the office of first lady and changes the name from executive mansion to the white house. Edith roosevelt, this sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans series, first ladies. From Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Sees this year, cspan is touring cities across thecountry and exploring history. This week we are in a gusto, georgia. Youre watching American History tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. The Augusta Canal is a manmade waterway. The water comes from the Savannah River, our main river here. It travels to town in about 7. 5 miles. Here, the son of the first mayor of augusta was in massachusetts and saw how they built the canal and how they built the mills. Augustas economics came to a standstill. People