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1824

Congress assigned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the responsibility of maintaining year-round navigation on America's inland rivers

Other events that happened on or around 1824

1838

The Monongahela Navigation Company of Pennsylvania built a series of locks and dams from Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border

Other events that happened on or around 1838

1847

Citizens of Parkersburg, Elizabeth, and Glenville organized the Little Kanawha Navigation Company

Other events that happened on or around 1847

1848

A single lock and dam was built on the Elk River

Other events that happened on or around 1848

1849

The Guyandotte Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of Virginia

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1853

Two locks and dams were added to the Guyandotte and Ohio River

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1855

Eight locks and dams were built on the Coal River

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1860

Samuel D. Karnes stuck oil and began producing, opening Burning Springs oil field

1874

The U.S. Congress authorized a survey of the Big Sandy and Tug and Levisa forks to determine the feasibility of building locks and dams

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1881

The lock and dam on the Elk River was removed

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1882

Coal River locks and dams abandoned

Other events that happened on or around 1882

1891

The federal government built a fifth lock and dam near burning springs

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1905

The entire Little Kanawha River system was acquired by the federal government

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1947

Operation of all locks and dams except Lock and Dam No 1 on the Big Sandy was discontinued

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1951

The federal navigation system on the Little Kanawha River was turned over to the state

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1952

Lock No. 1 on the Big Sandy was closed

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