Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Photographs of flood damage
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
acfl052
IDEntry
7388
Creator
G. D. Bast
Date
1936-03
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Western Maryland, 1936
Body
Largest of all floods in the Potomac Valley to date, the 1936 flood damaged the lockhouses and locks along the canal. The lockhouse at Lock No. 38, with the brown roof appearing here in the river, was located between the canal and the river. Unrau reported that this lockhouse was partially destroyed when a heavy drift knocked in its northwest corner.
Notes
See: Unrau, H. D., & Gray, K. M. (2007). Historic resource study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Hagerstown, Md: U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Park Service, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.