Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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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 between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland,
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Great Falls
A boat on the canal, circa 1900-1924
Canal boats waiting to be unloaded in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Low-angle bird's-eye view of central Washington toward the west and northwest with The Capitol in foreground. The Washington City Canal is visible running along the mall.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, encompasses a canal and towpath trail extending 184.5 miles along the Potomac Riv
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
…streams, and the 3,118 ft (950 m) Paw Paw Tunnel. A planned section to the Ohio River in Pittsburgh was never built. The canal is now maintained as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, with a trail that follows the old towpath. After the American Revolutionary War, George Washington was the chief advocate of using waterways to connect…
Cumberland Basin at C&O Canal in 2013
Work on restoring Lock 16 on the canal in 1939
Before summer flooding (top) and after (bottom) in 1996