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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Photos & Multimedia
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Boats on the Canal (10 Photos)
A variety of boats plied the waters of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal during its operational history. The majority of boats were freight boats carrying coal from Cumberland. But packet boats and smaller crafts also navigated the canal. During the later period of the canal, recreational use of the canal became popular and is evident in some of the historic photographs of “clubs” on pleasure excursions.
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Locks on the Canal
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Boat entering 1st lock below Paw Paw Tunnel
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Boat entering Lock 1
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Boat in Lock
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Launch approaching Pennyfield Lock
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Launch at Rileys Lock
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Launch inside of a Lift Lock
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Launch inside of a Lift Lock
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Lock 24
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Lock 44
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Places on the Canal (10 Photos)
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal not only linked Washington D.C. with Cumberland but brought development and prosperity to rural towns and families that lived along the canal.
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Boats throughout the canal (12 Photos)
The construction of the canal caused heavy financial burden on local, state, and federal governments. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company relied on tolls paid by canal boats to payoff its debt.
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Did You Know?
Transporting goods and people by canal dates back to antiquity. The lock gates used on the C&O Canal were an adaptation of a design by Leonardo DaVinci in the late 1400's. Until the advent of the railroad, water travel was far superior to land travel.
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Last Updated: December 18, 2007 at 11:14 EST |
