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Tidewater Lock

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Tidewater Lock

Waterway	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Country	USA
State	Washington, D.C.
Operation	Defunct
Length	54 m
Width	4 m
Coordinates	38.8999°N 77.0578°WCoordinates: 38.8999°N 77.0578°W

The Tidewater Lock is a dam^[1] in Washington, D.C. to the west of the mouth of Rock Creek at the Potomac River, on the east side of Georgetown. It is sometimes listed as Lock 0 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. On historical canal documents, this is listed as "Tide Lock A".

Canal Documents sometimes list a "Tide Lock B" on section "I" which stood at the lockhouse at 17th and Constitution Ave NW. It was completed in 1834.^[2]

Gallery[edit]

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  View of downstream gate pocket where the canal joins the Potomac river
 
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  Look at ruins of the waste weir, which adjoins the Tidewater lock.
 
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  Tidewater lock, with the notorious Watergate Complex in the background

See also[edit]

• Locks on the C&O Canal