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Creation Date
1974
Description
From jamesriverpark.org: Newton Ancarrow (1920-1991) was a boat builder who located his business on the south bank of the James River in Richmond in 1962. In 1965, he opened a large boat ramp for his business and for public use, and quickly discovered the river's poor water quality. Ancarrow was enraged when oily, polluted water mixed with sewage coated his ramp and the bottom of his boats after a heavy rain. He began a crusade to force city, state, and federal authorities to clean up the James. Ancarrow's Landing in the James River Park System is his original boat dock and was named in his honor. In 1974, Ancarrow debuted The Raging James, his film on channelization in the James River. This technique was used along sections of the James from the mountains to Richmond to repair damage from the historic water flows of hurricanes Camille (1969) and Agnes (1972). In honor of the film, he was given the environmentalist of the year award by the Virginia Wildlife Federation in 1974.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, sound, color
Personal Name Subject
Ancarrow, Newton H., 1920-1991
Topical Subject
Stream channelization -- Virginia -- James River; Stream channelization -- Virginia -- James River Watershed; Stream channelization -- Environmental aspects -- Virginia -- James River; Stream channelization -- Environmental aspects -- Virginia -- James River Watershed
Geographic Subject
James River (Va.) -- Channelization; James River Watershed (Va.) -- Channelization
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Language
eng
Genre
documentary film
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mp4
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and the copyright is held by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Inc. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Ancarrow Wildflower Digital Archive
Source
Ancarrow Collection, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Inc.
File Name
anc_ragingjames.mp4
Disciplines
Botany | Plant Breeding and Genetics | Plant Sciences