Description of the Seal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
September 3, 1828
In diameter two inches and seven twentieths of an inch, its surface quartered and having in one quarter a loom in operation with a weaver seated at it; in another quarter a man ploughing with a single horse; in a third quarter two boats under way, one drawn by a horse, the other impelled by team; and on the fourth quarter a ship under full sail; the said devices being designed to denote agriculture, manufactures, internal and external commerce.
Over the seal as a crest two clasped hands with the motto, “Esto Perpetua” illustrative of the union of the Eastern and Western waters, to be accomplished by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; and below a Mountain, perforated by a tunnel, with the motto, “Perserverando,” indicating the manner of effecting this union, and the long continued labor which it may require. Around the quartering of the field, are the words “Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.”
