Tuesday, September 15, 2015

My maternal grandfather told me that Cumberland, MD had the map of the continental USA in its lights............house lights/street lights....................we went to a hill overlooking said city........but i couldn't tell...........when i was a kid...............we were visiting my mother's younger brother..........who had moved there..................he had the family business...............and relocated it there........the Doll Reader.........



Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Lock 20
Specifications
Length184.5 miles (296.9 km)
Maximum boat length90 ft 0 in (27.43 m)
Maximum boat beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Locks74
(Boats must pass guard locks 4 & 5 for each trip.)
StatusNational Park
History
Original ownerChesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
Principal engineerBenjamin Wright
Other engineer(s)Charles B. Fisk, William Rich Hutton
Date of act1825
Construction began1828
Date of first use1830
Date completed1850
Date closed1924
Geography
Start pointGeorgetown, Washington DC
(originally Little Falls, MD)
(Canal extended down to Georgetown in 1830)
End pointCumberland, MD
(originally Sections to Pittsburgh, PA never built)
Connects toAlexandria Canal (Virginia)Goose Creek & Little River Navigation

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