Chesapeake and Ohio Canal | |
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Lock 20
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Specifications | |
Length | 184.5 miles (296.9 km) |
Maximum boat length | 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) |
Maximum boat beam | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Locks | 74 (Boats must pass guard locks 4 & 5 for each trip.) |
Status | National Park |
History | |
Original owner | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company |
Principal engineer | Benjamin Wright |
Other engineer(s) | Charles B. Fisk, William Rich Hutton |
Date of act | 1825 |
Construction began | 1828 |
Date of first use | 1830 |
Date completed | 1850 |
Date closed | 1924 |
Geography | |
Start point | Georgetown, Washington DC (originally Little Falls, MD) (Canal extended down to Georgetown in 1830) |
End point | Cumberland, MD (originally Sections to Pittsburgh, PA never built) |
Connects to | Alexandria Canal (Virginia), Goose Creek & Little River Navigation |
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.........
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