Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal, and occasionally referred to as the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 parallel to the Potomac River in Maryland from Cumberland, Maryland, to Washington, D.C. The total length of the canal is about . The elevation change of was accommodated with 74 canal locks. To enable the canal to cross relatively small streams, over 150 culverts were built. The crossing of major streams required the construction of 11 aqueducts. The canal also extends through the Paw Paw Tunnel. The principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains. The canal way is now maintained as a park, with a linear trail following the old towpath, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
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- Related: Locks on the C&O Canal, Tidewater Lock
| Official National Park Service Site Official National Park Service Site www.nps.gov/choh/ - Web |
| The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a N... The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/10cando/10cando.htm - Web |
| Jack Rottier photographs and papers of the C and O... Jack Rottier photographs and papers of the C and O Canal Online Collection www.aladin.wrlc.org/dl/collection/hdr?rottier - Web |
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| The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal www.fred.net/kathy/canal.html - Web |
| C&O Canal Bicycling Guide C&O Canal Bicycling Guide bikewashington.org/canal/ - Web |
| A Virtual Tour of the C&O Canal A Virtual Tour of the C&O Canal www.mcmullans.org/canal/Virtual_Tour.htm - Web |
| Another Virtual Tour of the C&O Canal Another Virtual Tour of the C&O Canal www.wigfield.org/canal/ - Web |
| C&O Canal Association C&O Canal Association www.candocanal.org - Web |
| All About the C&O All About the C&O www.CanalBird.com - Web |
| The economic impact of the C&O Canal on canal comm... The economic impact of the C&O Canal on canal communities in Washington County, Maryland www.whilbr.org/CandOCanal/index.aspx - Web |
| Thomas Hahn Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Collection F... Thomas Hahn Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Collection Finding Aid www.gwu.edu/gelman/spec/ead/ms2020.xml - Web |
