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Coordinates: 37°2′35″N 78°57′38″W / 37.04306°N 78.96056°W / 37.04306; -78.96056
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Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation
Looking upstream from U.S. Route 501
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation is located in Virginia
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation is located in the United States
Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation
LocationWest of Brookneal, Virginia
Coordinates37°2′35″N 78°57′38″W / 37.04306°N 78.96056°W / 37.04306; -78.96056
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1827 (1827)
Built bySamuel Pannill
NRHP reference No.80004177[1]
VLR No.015-0217
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1980
Designated VLRDecember 20, 1977[2]

Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation is a historic sluice located near Brookneal, Campbell County, Virginia. Cat Rock Sluice is at Staunton Scenic River Mile 9.85. It consists of a deep cut about 10 feet wide, blasted through the south end of a wide rock ledge and extending across the main river channel. Associated with it is a "towing wall" measuring about 6 feet thick and at least 5 feet high. The wall was probably originally continuous, from about 50 feet above the cut to 300 feet below it. The 11-mile network of sluices and associated wing dams and towing walls was constructed by Samuel Pannill of Green Hill in 1827. It was built for the Roanoke Navigation Company to permit the passage of poled river boats, called batteaux, through the falls of the Staunton River.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cat Rock Sluice of the Roanoke Navigation" (PDF). and Accompanying photo


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