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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 (10 Photos)
The C&O Canal contains 74 lift locks that stepped boats up from Georgetown to Cumberland. The C&O Canal Company hired men (preferrably married with children) to maintain and operate the locks.
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Places on the Canal
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Boats lined in the canal at Georgetown
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Canal Boat 'Louise' at the Great Falls Tavern
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Canal Boat along the towpath
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Canal Boat traveling on the Monocacy Aqueduct
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Canal Boats at Cushwa Basin
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Carpenter's Shop along the Canal
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Construction on the canal
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Hospital at Lock 3
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Lauch traveling on the Conococheague Aqueduct
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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?
Aqueducts are water filled bridges. Aqueducts carried the canal and boat traffic over major waterways, like rivers. Of the 11 aqueducts built along the canal, the Monocacy Aqueduct is the longest at 516 feet, its seven arches constructed mainly of stone quarried from nearby Sugarloaf Mountain.
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Last Updated: December 18, 2007 at 11:14 EST |
