Union Mills Canal Outlet Locks No. 1 and No. 2

Union Mills Canal Outlet Locks #1 and #2
Nearest city Crofton, Virginia
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1850 (1850)
NRHP Reference # 99001256[1]
Added to NRHP October 14, 1999

The Union Mills Canal Outlet Locks No. 1 and No. 2 are a pair of locks along the route of a canal system that improved navigation on the Rivanna River in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Located near Crofton, these are two large locks fashioned out of dressed granite blocks. They were built between 1850 and 1854.[2]

The locks were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Historic Preservation" (PDF). Fluvanna County. Retrieved 2014-03-13.


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