Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Big Pool
Media Items
ItemID
wcco121
IDEntry
5878
Rights
Public domain
Date
Unknown
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
Big Pool was created by the C&O Canal Company as a way to cut costs in digging out the canal bed. The natural geography of the area allowed the canal to fill it with water creating a large lake with stop gates at either end to protect the entire wide water area from draining completely in case of a break in the prism up of downstream.
Notes
112.5 Mile
NPS File 1380