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

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Locks

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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Upper lock above Harper Ferry. Maryland Heights in the distance

At upper lock above Harper Ferry

downstream at Sandy Hook, train tracks run parallel to canal

Canal & tracks near Lock 32

Canal four miles above Harpers Ferry, 1904

Canal and river four miles above Harpers Ferry at upper lock.

The wall of Dam 5, the basin below the lock; boat in canal

Dam 5

House on hill in distance; lock canal below, lockkeeper and wife stand near the lock gate

Dam 5 (Dan Sterling)

Potomac River, C&O Canal, Western Maryland Railroad

Dam 6, looking west, and Lock 55

3 boats in canal and 6 mules feeding downstream from lock 38.

Downstream from Lock 38

Small community town by water, hotel on hill; Lock 38

Ferry Hill and Lock 38 Area

Multiple canal boats in line stuck in low water area along canal waiting for rain

Four Locks - Line of Boats

Guard lock at Dam 5

Guard Lock at Dam 5

Photograph of lower town Harpers Ferry and the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.

Harpers Ferry

C&O Canal freight boat tied up in the Inlet Lock 3, mules are tied up near a trough

Harpers Ferry Lock and Feeder canal

Two boys sit on boat in a lock, waiting to head downstream circa 1920s

In the lock

Lock 31, near Weverton and Keep Tryst, with a train on the B&O line in the background.

Lock 31

Lock 32 in Washington County, canal and river are in close proximity

Lock 32

Picture of Lock 33, man stands along edge of lock

Lock 33

Double image of Lock 33 near Harpers Ferry

Lock 33 - canal empty

Lock 33 with a railroad bridge in background

Lock 33, across from Harpers Ferry

Lockhouse at Lock 38; house on the left side of canal

Lock 38 (near Shepherdstown)

Lock 38 area; 2 story home in front of canal

Lock 38 Area

Lock 38 area, bridge missing from flood; train bridge in background

Lock 38 by G.D. Bast

House with stream near, boat in stream. Text written on photo "Lock #44, Lock-Tenders-Wife + Family Harvey Brant 1914"

Lock 44

Loaded canal boat at the Williamsport Lock (Lock 44); building near lock with several men about in the area

Lock 44 (Williamsport)

Lock 44 after 1889 Flood, homes destroyed in background and debris in canal

Lock 44 after the 1889 flood

Lock 47 and Drydock, 3 men stand in the dry area

Lock 47 and Drydock

Lockhouse between the towpath and the river; railroad bridge runs behind house

Lockhouse at Lock 38

Lockhouse at Lock 49 sets up on hill with picket fence

Lockhouse at Lock 49

Lockhouse, Guard Lock 5; house sets up on top of a hill with fence and brick wall

Lockhouse, Guard Lock 5

Lock 37; house and storage sheds off in the distance beside canal lock

Mountain Lock Area

Woman standing on deck of canal boat with a hat on

Mountain Lock Area, 1920

Group of people standing on the mule crossover bridge

Mule Bridge

2 men, 1 standing, 1 sitting, by lock gate with shed and trees in background

Tom Moore at Mountain Lock

View of Potomac River from Harpers Ferry, circa unknown

View from Harpers Ferry

lockhouse located at Lock 31, built of bricks in 1833

Weverton, Lockhouse