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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...
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    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...
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    The Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, located in Maryland, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. of the United States, were of three types: lift locks;...
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  • C&O (redirect from Chesapeake and Ohio)
    that may refer to: Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the United States C&O desk Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in the United States Callander and Oban Railway in...
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    Washington Memorial Parkway, is on the southern banks in Virginia, and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park parkland is along the northern banks...
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    by major roads, railroads, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which connected Cumberland to Washington, D.C. and is now a national historical park. Today...
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  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Association is a not-for-profit organization that supports the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Its charter...
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    Paw Paw Tunnel (category Chesapeake and Ohio Canal)
    The Paw Paw Tunnel is a 3,118-foot-long (950 m) canal tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in Allegany County, Maryland. Located near Paw Paw...
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    Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) (category Shopping districts and streets in the United States)
    of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal began in July 1828, to link Georgetown to Harper's Ferry, Virginia in present-day West Virginia. But the canal was soon...
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    The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8-foot (2.4 m) marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of...
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    instance, the Chesapeake and Ohio canal had 7 dams built to feed water. If a dam was not built, often water had to be pumped. The Chesapeake and Ohio put a steam...
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  • of 1812, and the American Civil War, along with byways that follow the historic routes of the National Road, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Underground...
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    groceries to passing boats and, among their duties, made minor repairs along the canal and at locks. On the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal the lock keeper had a...
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    The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on...
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    Towpath (redirect from Canal trail)
    and in most cases this has resulted in the surface being improved. Illinois and Michigan Canal Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail Forth to Firth Canal Pathway...
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    would compete with several existing and proposed turnpikes and canals, including the Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Building west from the port of Baltimore...
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    Billy Goat Trail (category Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park)
    trail that follows a path between the C&O Canal and the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park near the Great Falls...
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    Creek, the Potomac River, and later the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. The canal fell into disuse during the late 19th century and the city government covered...
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    Key House (category Buildings and structures demolished in 1948)
    addition to the kitchen and dining room. The Keys moved once the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was built directly behind their house, although Francis continued...
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    grain at the local mills), and two former canal locks are located less than 5 miles (8.0 km) away in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park...
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  • Chesapeake, Northampton County, Virginia, an unincorporated community Chesapeake, Indiana, defunct Chesapeake, Missouri Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake,...
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    that parallels the Potomac River and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O) in southwestern Montgomery County, Maryland, and the far western corner of Washington...
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  • Great Falls Tavern (category Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park)
    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath, it is today used by the National Park Service as one of its five visitor centers in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical...
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    Paw Paw, West Virginia (category Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
    began in 1836 and was completed in 1850, 12 years behind schedule. Today, the tunnel and nearby canal are part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical...
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    and has naturalized, outside its native range, for example in North America. It has become extremely invasive along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in...
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    Chesapeake and Ohio Canal were able to reach Williamsport from Washington, D.C. The canal itself was extended to Williamsport in 1835.: 96  The canal...
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    instance, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal with the locks near the Paw Paw Tunnel. and also the Chenango Canal On large modern canals, especially very...
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    church, and a few homes. The crossroads was popular with area farmers because it was close to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) and at least...
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    served in the Maryland House of Delegates, as a judge, and as director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. He also became one of the area's biggest landowners...
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    Canal, which connected the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. An eastward extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) met the Potomac River and...
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