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This collection is comprised of two loose leaf manuscripts that detail the history of the Augusta Canal and the Augusta Waterworks. Both manuscripts have coinciding engineering reports that document and detail the facilties, original construction, loation, and other general details.

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This collection is comprised of eight maps of the Augusta Canal.

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This collection is comprised of a single large black and white photograph of a factory on the Augusta Canal.

Abstract Original letters, beginning with business letters to Thomas Cumming, first intendant (mayor) of Augusta, letters from his children through several generations. There is a large group of letters from Julien Cumming from a prison camp during the Civil War. Julien later died there. Thomas Cumming (1765-1834), businessman, married Anne Clay (1767-1849), resided in Augusta, Georgia and had eight children. Their children included Joseph (1790-1846) and Henry Harford (1799-1866) who married Julia...

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This collection is comprised of photographs of Harry V. Mitchell and the Augusta area. They portray the family and Life of Harry V. Mitchell as well as scenes of the Augusta area during the turn of the 20th century. Sites depicted in the collection include Sibley Mill & the Confederate Powerworks Chimney, Broad Street & the Confederate Monument, Sand Bar Ferry, the Savannah River, the Augusta Canal, and Barnes Field (now known as Daniel Field).

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This collection is comprised of the records of King Mill in Augusta, Georgia. The materials include a record book of meeting minutes, as well as photographs of the mill and the John P. King Company baseball team, as well as floor plans of King Mill.

Content Description

A letter written by George Washington Rains discussing the work of D. H. Denning on the construction of the Confederate Powder Works. The letter mentions the architectural plans of C. Shater Smith, and general information about the construction project, including the obelisk chimney. The letter is written on a University of Georgia Medical Department Medical College of Georgia letterhead.