Canal on the Rappahannock Overflowed With Red Ink The Washington Post | January 20, 2005| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

In 1785, the Virginia General Assembly incorporated navigation companies to build canals to bypass rapids on the Potomac and James rivers to help farmers move produce to seaports and merchants move goods west.

Merchants in the Fredericksburg area also wanted canals on their river, the Rappahannock. So in 1793, and again in 1811, the General Assembly approved the "opening, improving and extending the Navigation of the River Rappahannock and all its improveable Branches. "

Construction was put off because of the 1812-15 war with Britain, and interest declined after the war as attention turned ...

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