Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
Aqueducts
Floods and canal repairs
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wcco100
IDEntry
5842
Rights
Public domain
Date
c. 1920
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
In 1920 the berm side of the Conococheague Aqueduct collapsed into the Conococheague Creek. The current created by the canal water flowing over the edge of the aqueduct caused a canal boat to plunge into the creek below. The canal boat stayed in the Conococheague creek until the 1936 flood carried it under the aqueduct and down the Potomac Valley.
Notes
Mile 99.8
NPS File 1178