Where is this?

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  1. Angélique
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    I was too much in a hurry during my two previous posts and also didn't read Mreoe4sure answer well . . :eek:

    I now see only the first part of my answer is right and the second part is just about the same as what was already said . . :eek:
     
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    BTW, how do they preserve the poles ?
     
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    Some have concrete pilings and some of the pilings are pressure treated wood. Once a storm destroys one, it is not allowed to be rebuilt. These homes are all from a freer time, when a settler had a right to build a home in the middle of nowhere without government interference. Repairs are allowed, however, but the homes are actually considered the property of Pasco County now and can be leased from the county, if my information is correct. I don't know how the original wood pilings were treated, perhaps tar or creosote was used below waterline.

    http://fivay.org/stilt_houses.html

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    From Hoyt's above link:
    * and rebar I guess . . ;)

    It looks like in the early days they did regular replacements of the widely available cheap palm tree pilings.
     
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    Hint: George Washington was largely responsible for this. 20180826_132218.jpg
     
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    Correct but what is this place's historical significance?
     
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    Thanks to IN for the answers, and thanks to Hoyt for putting up the quest . . :)

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    ‘‘ George Washington’s Vision

    George Washington promoted the concept of a great central waterway long before he became this nation’s first President. A surveyor of western lands as a young man, and later a landowner of vast tracts beyond the Alleghenies, Washington had close knowledge of the western territories, which he feared would be controlled by France and Spain if trade routes to eastern markets were not established.

    Washington’s vision was to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River with navigable rivers, canals, and a land portage through what is now West Virginia. After the Revolution, the James River Company was created, primarily as a result of his sponsorship and lobbying efforts. Before Washington’s death in 1799, a large portion of his dream had been realized.

    Two canals bypassed the falls of the James River at Richmond, and 220 miles of river improvements extended westward. In the early 19th century, other farsighted Virginians took over Washington’s leadership role. The final elements of his plan were completed in the 1820's, when the Kanawha Turnpike joined the headwaters of the James River to the Kanawha River. In 1835, the James River and Kanawha Company was formed, and within 15 years a canal system stretched to Buchanan, Virginia, a distance of 197 miles. ’’
     
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    Thanks to both. This summer I saw the area that was under the command of GW when he was a British officer. He commanded a series of blockhouses west of what is now Keyser, WV. The western border of his command marking Indian Territory is marked by a row of eagle choppers along the ridgeline visible on Google Earth. Near 39d 25' 44" N, 79d 02' 43" W.
     
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    Alas for the canal companies, but after completion of the new Virginia waterway projects they soon lost the competition with the also new C&O railroads on the same trajectory, they were caught up by new technologies in another field, so to say . . . .

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    20180826_133025.jpg The photo shows transport systems from 3 centuries. As Cap'n Stump says, "The sky's the limit".
     
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    An An-124 just flew by in my imagination, but I'm wondering where is this, and what about the concrete wall there . . . ?

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    If you're speaking about your lower photo, the one that Hoyt posted, it's about 500m down the canal from Hoyt's original photo.

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    Thanks for the location IN . . :)
    My guess it's a part of the concrete floodwall in Richmond's flood protection system we see in Hoyt's pic . . .
    Richmond's Floodplain Program

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