The Hatton Ferry crossed the James River south of Charlottesville for 155 years, surviving low ridership, calamitous floods ...

to be used by Contractor Fuccey in grading the L.K.V.R.R. [Little Kanawha Valley Railroad], arrived last evening from up the river. They were landed at the George Street ferry and were unloaded ...

Photo Provided Lewis McPherson, lockmaster, is shown standing on a gate of Lock #1, a.k.a. the Viscose Lock in the Little Kanawha River, circa 1910. It was Lock #1 where the men in the story below ...