Pedlar Dam, Amherst County, Virginia, source of Lynchburg's water supply

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Power & Water Works
Card type: Lithograph

Back of Pedlar Dam, Amherst County, Virginia, source of Lynchburg's water supply, c. 1790 lithograph postcard — Back

About this subject

A concrete gravity dam with a spillway of cascading water spans a valley between wooded green hills, with a small gatehouse structure at the right end of the dam. Rocky, brush-covered ground fills the foreground below the dam.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Thank you very much for inviting me to the closing of your school. Would have liked very much to [illegible] the weather was [illegible]

PublisherJ. P. Bell Co.

PEDLAR DAM, AMHERST COUNTY, VA., SOURCE OF LYNCHBURG'S WATER SUPPLY.—(320) --- Post Card PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. P. BELL CO., LYNCHBURG, VA. Lynchburg's water supply is drawn from an artificial lake a mile and a half in length with a storage capacity of 500,000,000 gallons, supplying 8,000,000 gallons daily through a 30-inch conduit 22 miles in length. The restraining dam, commenced in July, 1904, and completed December, 1906, is 500 feet long, 70 feet high, 40 feet wide at base and 10 at the top, with a spillway 150 feet wide.

PostmarkedApril 1, 1908

Addressed to

Miss Willie Iddings

Christiansburg, Virginia

Postcard record

Postmarked	April 1, 1908
Series	320
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Pedlar Dam, Amherst, VA
Place mentioned	J. P. Bell Co., Lynchburg, VA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
Notes	White border strip along the bottom carrying the printed caption; worn corners and a chipped/abraded top edge; visible halftone/lithographic screen texture. Postmark: LYNCHBURG VA APR 1 A.M. 1908 (plus WASHINGTON D.C. APR 1 1908 transit cancel). Divided back, white border, color litho. Pencil message written sideways and horizontally. Light edge wear.

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Pedlar Dam, Amherst County, Virginia, source of Lynchburg's water supply, postcard, c. 1790. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pedlar-dam-amherst-county-virginia-source-of-lynchburgs-wate. Accessed October 5, 2026.