A report on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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, Maryland.
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Potomac Company
0 linksCreated in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and improve its navigability for commerce.
Created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and improve its navigability for commerce.
Although the company charter was surrendered to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company in 1828, its curtailment has overall minor significance only as in that it serves as an example of how a deficient amount of support from the responsible leadership balancing the federal government can seem to undermine a large, desirable infrastructure project that is a conceptual overreach, or could attract sufficient private funding.
Canal pound
1 linksStretch of level water impounded between two canal locks.
Stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks.
On some American canals, some pounds acquired nicknames due to the mileage between locks, e.g. the "Eight Mile Level" on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was between Riley's Lock (Lock 24) and Edward's Ferry (Lock 25), a distance of about 8 mi.
Allen Bowie Davis
0 linksAmerican businessman.
American businessman.
This in turn led to him becoming the director and trustee of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during the final 50 miles of construction.
John Quincy Adams
0 linksAmerican statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829.
American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829.
The Adams administration also saw the beginning of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; the construction of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal and the Louisville and Portland Canal around the Falls of the Ohio; the connection of the Great Lakes to the Ohio River system in Ohio and Indiana; and the enlargement and rebuilding of the Dismal Swamp Canal in North Carolina.
Charles F. Mercer
0 linksNineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly.
Nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Loudoun County, Virginia who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Virginia General Assembly.
Before his service on the House Committee on Roads and Canals, he had been the first president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co., serving from 1828 to 1833.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk
0 linksThe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8 ft marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland.
Cumberland Dam
0 linksThe Cumberland Dam was built across the North Branch of the Potomac River at Cumberland, Maryland, for the purpose of diverting water of the river into the head of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Muddy Branch
1 linksTributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located about 14 mi northwest of Washington, D.C.
Tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located about 14 mi northwest of Washington, D.C.
The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for 11.9 mi, through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Pennyfield Lock, to the Potomac River.
Oldtown, Maryland
0 linksUnincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, along the North Branch Potomac River.
Unincorporated community and census-designated place in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, along the North Branch Potomac River.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal reached Cumberland, Maryland, from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) in 1850, passing Oldtown at milepost 166.5.
Waste weir
1 linksSlatted gate on each canal level or pound, to remove excess water and to drain the canal for repairs or for the winter shutdown.
Slatted gate on each canal level or pound, to remove excess water and to drain the canal for repairs or for the winter shutdown.
On the Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, waste weirs were often constructed from masonry or concrete.