Were the Dundee Canal and Augusta Canal both built to provide hydropower for mills and manufacturing?
Augusta Canal The Augusta Canal is a historic canal located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. The canal is fed by the Savannah River and passes through three levels (approximately 13 miles total) in suburban and urban Augusta before the water returns to the river at various locations. It was devised to harness the water power at the fall line of the Savannah River to drive mills, to provide transportation of goods, and to provide a municipal water supply. It is the only canal in the US in continuous use for its original purposes of providing power, transport and municipal water.
Portsmouth Company Cotton Mills: Counting House The Portsmouth Company Cotton Mills Counting House is a historic industrial building at Main and Liberty Streets in South Berwick, Maine. Built in 1832, it is the only surviving element of the Portsmouth Company Cotton Mill, one of several textile mills operating in South Berwick in the 19th century. It is now home to the Old Berwick Historical Society, which operates it as the Counting House Museum. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.