Martinsville Fish Dam Explained

Martinsville Fish Dam
Coordinates:36.6529°N -79.8715°W
Added:January 21, 1974
Refnum:74002128

The Martinsville Fish Dam is a Native American weir in the Smith River near Martinsville, Virginia. The weir is a rough wall of piled rocks in a V shape with the point of the V downstream. At an opening in that point a basket could be used to catch fish that were funneled to that point by the walls of the weir.[1]

The dam was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Loth. Calder . The Virginia Landmarks Register. 231. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 1999.