Roanoke Canal

… constructed between 1817 and 1823 and extended between 1824 and 1834 to bypass the Upper and Lower Falls of Roanoke River in N Halifax County. The canal, built by the Roanoke Navigation Company, provided a series of locks that made uninterrupted navigation of the river possible. The locks raised and lowered vessels 44 ft. from the basin to the river and could accommodate boats weighing from 30 to 50 tons. With the completion of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad and its junction with Seaboard Railroad about 1841, the canal began a decline and was no longer used by 1865. Chockoyotte Creek Viaduct and other remnants remain.