Signature Collections

Chesapeake and Ohio (C & O) Canal in Washington County

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Business along the canal

Other topics within this collection:

A brief history of the C&O Canal

Canal workers from 1850-1920 census

Possible canal workers' cemetery

Canal families at work

Boatmen and Lockkeepers

Canal Company operations

Business along the canal

Floods and canal repairs

Slaves and the canal

Canal during the Civil War

Canal artifacts

Resources consulted

The canal in the newspapers

National Park Service (NPS) resources

Canal terminology

Saving the Canal

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canal wharfs and sometimes small basins were built on the berm side of the canal

A local landing

Collection of more than 10+ boats tied up in canal at Williamsport; circa unknown

Boats tied up at Cushwa Basin

Handwritten letter on Bridges & Henderson letterhead, to Geo. Dittmeyer Esq., 1886

Bridges & Henderson, Hancock merchants

Close up view of Round Top Cement Mill along canal; Mill is several stories high

Cement Mill - close up

Cement Mill post operations, building abandon, wall of rock where bridge walkway once stood

Cement Mill - post operations

Round Top Cement Mill c. 1871. Smoke is coming from the limestone kilns, photo taken from across the canal

Cement Mill, 1871

Photo of Cement Mill ruins from a distance across canal, circa 1904

Cement Mill, 1904

Charles Mill near canal. White building with loading dock near river bank

Charles Mill

This photograph shows the whole complex at Charles Mill, built along Camp Spring Run

Charles Mill complex

Charles Mills, 2 buildings located on canal, man standing on loading dock

Charles Mill loading docks

Coal train at Cushwa Warehouse; circa unknown

Coal train at Cushwa Warehouse

Invoice bill in 1898 for Cushwa and Sons, for Georges Creek Coal

Cushwa and Sons, 1898 (Bill for Georges Creek Coal)

Handwritten ledger for Cushwa tolls, 1882

Cushwa tolls, 1882

Coal is being lifted by a steam loader from the boat into waiting horse-drawn wagons; train tracks at bottom, canal at left

Cushwa Warehouse

Cushwa warehouse, train passing by with load of coal; circa unknown

Cushwa Warehouse (train passing through)

Handwritten invoice for Cushwa's tolls, 1883

Cushwa's tolls, 1883 (for plaster and bark)

Darby Grain Mill near canal, boat in canal and freight train on track near mill

Darby Grain Mill

Darby's Mill, near Lock 44, by Williamsport, MD; workers are busy throughout, circa 1895

Darby Mill

DeFrehn Chair factory was taken after the 1889 flood, debris throughout near the building

DeFrehn Chair Factory

Post drawing Embrey & Cushwa, Canal Basin, Williamsport, Md.; circa 1877

Embrey and Cushwa warehouse, 1877

Image of postcard with text "United States Post Card" - Postage 1 cent, circa 1875

Green wood for sale (Lancelot Shank to Franklin Grove)

Handwritten Invoice for Victor Cushwa,1883 from Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company

Invoice - Victor Cushwa,1883

Invoice to Cushwa from DeFrehn's Chair Factory, 1882

Invoice for DeFrehn's Chair Factory

Invoice from Consolidation Coal to Cushwa, 1882

Invoice from Consolidation Coal to Cushwa, 1882

Article in Herald of Freedom, 1855; "Valuable Farm at Private Sale."

Land with boat dock on canal for sale, 1855

Letter typed on Potomac Refining Company letterhead to Mr. S. A. Schennacher, April 12, 1911 from M.P. Kehoe, President

Potomac Refining Company - correspondence to potential shared holder, 1911

2 story Building along canal with canal boat outside; text reads "Potomac Refining Co. Four mile level above Harpers Ferry"

Potomac Refining Company (Manganese Mine)

Photograph from Paul Jones ledge of lime stone, looking southeast; canal and Potomac river off to the right side

Potomac Refining Company prospectus, 1910

Canal and the wharf, and the bridge of Cumberland Valley Railroad on the line from Hagerstown to Martinsburg, circa 1910

Powell's Bend wharf (CVRR coal shipment)

Invoice to Cuswha from Bridges & Henderson, Manufacturers of "Round Top" Cement, 1882

Round Top Cement invoice, 1882

Ad in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1863 - "Cement, Cement"

Round Top Cement, 1863

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1852 - "TRUSTEE'S SALE."

Sale of McCoy's Ferry, 1852

Snyders Landing is near Sharpsburg, Snyder Coal and Grain Warehouse at right of canal; canal boat passing through

Snyders Landing

Boat in canal, wharf here was known as Sharpsburg Landing before it took on the name Snyders Landing; family can be seen at back of canal boat

Snyders Landing aka Sharpsburg Landing

Group of pedestrians sitting on stairs for photo at Snyders Landing, c.1890

Snyders Landing, pedestrians

Steam boat near wharf at Williamsport, circa late 1800s

Steamboat in Williamsport