chesapeake and ohio canal map

Parc historique national du canal Chesapeake and Ohio. Shows "Canal" and "River Potomac" between "Dam" and "Old locks." Text and ill. on verso. Images, View 8 Folded title: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, National Historical Park, District of Columbia/Maryland. Shows lots, lot numbers, some owners' names, and lower end of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Mid-Atlantique, est un parc et a une altitude de 289 pieds. Reprint 1994"; others have "*GPO: 1994--301-085/00061. Title at top: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. on verso. Title from cover. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. While OCLC records a number of holdings in American institutions, the map is scarce on the market.

"*GPO: 2001--472-470/40087. "*GPO:2005--310-394/00360. "1971-435-414/84." I drawn in 2 sections and oriented with north toward the upper left. Statement of attribution at foot of title on the three 1:75,000-scale map sheets: Branch of Development, National Capital Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior.... United States. Reprint 1994." Reprint 1989." Text, map of lower canal, and ill. on verso. Covers area in N.W. Reprint 1991." The canal was built between 1828 and 1850, and it operated sporadically between floods until 1924. Relief shown by shading. These highlight the particular difficulty of the 70-mile Middle Section, which entailed no fewer than 246 locks and a 4-mile tunnel to negotiate 1961 feet of elevation change and was projected to cost more than $10 million.
A scarce, separately issued map showing the route of the proposed Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Shows canal towpath route and adjacent facilities. Text, map of lower canal park, and ill. on verso. When completed, it allowed boats and rafts to float downstream towards Georgetown, though absent a lock system the upstream journey was far more challenging. Text, map of lower canal, and ill. on verso.


[1] After evaluating a number of alternatives for the mountainous stretch between Cumberland and the Casselman River (a tributary of the Youghiogheny), the report recommended a route in three sections: the Eastern Section along the Potomac from Georgetown to Cumberland, the Middle section from Cumberland along Wills Creek to the confluence of the Casselman and Youghiogheny Rivers, and the Western Section from thence to Pittsburgh. Does not show National Park Service property. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. on verso. Text and col. ill. on cover. Today, the 184.5-mile C&O Canal Towpath Trail has become an outdoor recreation mecca. Includes inset of the Great Falls area. "*GPO: 1998--432-903/60209. At lower right: Drawer 119 number 34. Lieut. Government Printing Office, Shows foundry buildings and "Depot for guns." Taggart, Hugh T. (Hugh Thomas) - Starbuck, C. C. "*GPO: 1991--281-954/20150. Folded title: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, District of Columbia-Maryland. Much additional information is provided by profile views of the route at top and bottom, indicating elevation changes and numbers of locks required for each stage. Text and ill. on verso. DCP. Oriented with north toward the upper right. The map uses a variety of dotted and dashed lines to indicate both the preferred route and the alternatives between Cumberland and the Casselman River. Report of the Board of Internal Improvement on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. View 8 [Cadastral survey map of original land grants and resurveys along the Potomac River from Georgetown (D.C.) to Great Falls (Md.)]. Title from panel. The Canal could never compete successfully with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, with which it shared much of the right of way along the Potomac, and it quickly slipped into a secondary role and was abandoned after a devastating flood in 1924. Oriented with north toward the upper right.

Does not show National Park Service property.

Oriented with north toward the upper right. Length 2.6 mi Elevation gain 39 ft Route type Loop. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures. View 4 Relief shown by shading.

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