Product Description: A tributary of the Ohio River and significant commercial route in the nineteenth century, the Muskingum River in southeastern Ohio presents a remarkable case study of how Americans have managed their waterways. In Taming the Muskingum, esteemed scholar Emory Kemp traces this history, emphasizing the engineering and construction aspects of river navigation and the fourteen related flood control dams built under the direction of the U...read more

Product Description: This text is a comprehensive history of navigation on the great Kanawha river, West Virginia. It details the industrial archaeology of this waterway from the early 19th century, and offers a detailed case study of a major 19th and early 20th-century civil engineering project. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Hahn, Thomas F., Kemp, Emory L.

Product Description: This volume in the Nearby History series helps the reader document the history of a home. The reader will learn to examine written records, oral testimonies, visual sources, and the house's surroundings. The author covers American housing patterns, the individual characteristics of houses in different regions, contruction techniques and materials, household technology, and family life styles...read more

Product Description: Industrial archaeology is a flourishing discipline which seeks to document America's rich industrial heritage through measured drawings, archival photographs, and contextual site histories. With increasing interest in historic industrial sites, a shortage exists of those capable of undertaking site documentation...read more