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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

River in the United States of America

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Description

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal's principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains. Wikipedia

Length: 184 mi

Source: Cumberland

Maximum boat length: 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m)

Maximum boat beam: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)

Bridges: Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge, Chain Bridge, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge

Did you know: To build the canal, the C&O Canal Company used a total of 74 lift locks that raised the canal from sea level at Georgetown to 610 feet (190 m) at Cumberland. wikipedia.org