Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Big Pool
Media Items
ItemID
wcco120
IDEntry
5877
Rights
Public domain
Date
Unknown
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
The downstream Big Pool stop gate with pedestrian footbridge and pivot bridge for the use of other types of traffic. Stop gates were used to close off sections of the canal prism to safeguard from full drainage of large quantities of water. Stop gates were used on either end of Big Pool to prevent the loss of water if the canal prism should fail on either end.
Notes
110.29 Mile
NPS File 1378