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Taken: August 8, 2015
Caption: Early Transportation on the James River Marker
Additional Description: Design details for the batteaux were basically unknown until 1983 when excavators uncovered the old canal basin during the construction of the James Center in Richmond. Buried in the silt were batteaux intact enough to inspire accurate replicas. The history of the batteau is celebrated with an annual summer trip from Lynchburg to Maidens. The boats pictured above are from the annual James River Batteaux Festival in 1985 (left) and 2014 (right).
Submitted: August 8, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p320766
File Size: 0.513 Megabytes

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