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The Suwanee Canal was an attempt to drain large portions of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia via a canal. Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of surface and sub-surface water from a given area. ...
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In 1889, the Georgia General Assembly authorized the Governor to sell the land containing the Okefenokee Swamp to the highest bidder. [1] The highest bidder was a group of capitalists and former Confederate officers who offered 26.5 cents per acre for the property. [1] The group was granted a charter as The Suwanee Canal Company in 1890. In January 1891, the new company paid $63,101.80 for 238,120 acres. [1] The company intented to drain the swamp in order to facilitate logging and eventual crop cultivation. [2] The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...
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Work on the drainage ditch from the swamp to the St. Marys River began on September 20, 1891.[1] Captain Henry Jackson, the president of the company, and his crews spent three years digging the Suwanee Canal 11.5 miles into the swamp.[2] Work was slow due to various problems. The sides of the drainage ditch collapsed because of poor engineering design and bad weather.[1] Leased convict labor, large steam shovels, and finally gold miners from north Georgia using large water hoses were unable to dig the ditch deep enough through an area known as Trail Ridge to drain the swamp.[1] September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ...
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In 1894, the company built a large sawmill at Camp Cornelia and constructed a railroad from Folkston, Georgia to the mill. [1] The company was one of the first cypress companies in the nation to use industrial logging equipment. [1] A steamboat was used to haul rafts of cypress logs along the canal to the sawmill at Camp Cornelia. [1] Over 7,000,000 feet of lumber were produced and almost 20 miles of canals were dredged. [1] The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...
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The company had hoped to raise enough money from the lumber to continue the drainage project, but found it impossible to produce the lumber profitably. [1] The market was flooded with lumber, and they could not sell the lumber that was produced at a high enough price. [1] The high cost of freight for lumber that could not be sold began to drain the company's assets. [1] The company borrowed money, but eventually exhausted their funds. [1] The drainage effort was abandoned in October 1894.[1]
On December 13, 1895, Captain Jackson died following an operation for appendicitis. [1] His father, General Henry R. Jackson, was elected president in December 1895. [1] He loaned more money to the company. [1] The company survived until 1897, when Jackson ceased lending money to the company. [1] December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The company was placed into receivership in June 1897. [1] The receiver, Joel Hurt, also attempted to operate the company, but found the business to be as unprofitable as before. [1]
Economic recessions led to the company's bankruptcy. [2] In 1899, the property of The Suwanee Canal Company was sold to members of the Jackson family as part of the "Jackson Trust." [1] In 1901, the property was sold by the Jackson Trust to Charles Hebard, a prominent lumberman of Philadelphia and the Hebard Lumber Company of Lowndes County, Georgia. [1] Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the City That Loves You Back, the Quaker City, The Birthplace of America Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D...
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Logging operations, focusing on cypress, began in 1909 after a railroad was constructed into the west edge of the swamp.[2] Over 431 million board feet (1,000,000 m³) of timber, much of it old-growth cypress, had been removed from the Okefenokee by 1927 when logging operations ceased.[2]
The Suwannee Canal survives as a principal waterway into the swamp, and is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. [1]
See also
The following is a List of canals in the United States: Transportation Canals in operation Augusta Canal Cal-Sag Channel (Chicago) Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) Cascades Canal Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, part of the Illinois Waterway Dalles-Celilo Canal Delaware Canal (Pennsylvania) Delaware & Raritan Canal...
Canal Diggers Trail in early spring. ...
Canal Diggers Trail in early spring. ...
Notes - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x The Suwanee Canal Company in the Okefenokee Swamp - C.T. Trowell
- ^ a b c d e Federal Register Volume 70, No. 147 - Tuesday August 2, 2005
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