Posted 9 years ago
VintageCargo
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This is a very rare Roanoke City Carvins Cove Fishing Lic. and stamps from the "Local Level" - Very hard to find - I did sell these however I am very excited to have found them, and found them a good home with an avid collector.
Long before Carvins Cove became the primary drinking water source for much of the Roanoke Valley and a favorite play area for recreationalist, it was the homestead of William Carvin, a Welsh man, and later a thriving community called the Happy Valley.
July 25, 1746 William Carvin receives a land grant of 150 acres along Carvins Creek. Part of the land would later become Hollins University and the land behind the dam would become known as the Happy Valley community.
November 25, 1926 - The Roanoke Water Works announces that the Virginia Company will build a $700,000 dam at the Falls on Carvins Creek to impound six-billion gallons of water. W.W. Boxley Construction Company completed work on the 80-foot high dam in 1928. (Photo of The Falls, site of the future Carvins Cove dam, taken November 25, 1926)
August 1936 The Virginia Company, financially devastated by a significant drought and the Great Depression, is purchased by the Roanoke Water Works for $1.
April 28, 1938 The City of Roanoke pays $4,523,437 for all lands held by the Roanoke Water Works Company including Carvins Cove after the electorate voted in favor of condemning the RWW Company and passing a $5M bond issue.
May 17, 1946 Water spills over the Carvins Cove dam for the first time as the reservoir reaches full pond.
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As I understand it the City of Roanoke purchased the cove and land and the licensed first fishing year for the Cove was 1947 and am unaware of licenses beyond 1949 - Anyone?
