Signature Collections

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

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Dams

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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Bridge over C&O Canal at Dam 4

Bridge over C&O Canal at Dam 4

C&O Canal Dam 5, 1904; building on far side of dam

C&O Canal Dam 5

Image of Dam 6, June 20, 1904

C&O Canal Dam 6

Dam 4;a large stone building at the end of embankment

Dam 4

Repairs on Dam 4; workers are seen on the dam making repairs

Dam 4 repairs. After 1936

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

Dam 5

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "Chesapeake & Ohio Canal."

Dam 5 leaks - 1856

View of Dam 5 from the West Virginia side showing the Honeywood Mill settlement.

Dam 5, in 1904

Dam 6 area, the mouth of the Long Hollow Valley

Dam 6 area

Potomac River, C&O Canal, Western Maryland Railroad

Dam 6, looking west, and Lock 55

Guard lock at Dam 5

Guard Lock at Dam 5

Section of Canal near Dam 4 across the Potomac

Near Dam 4

Stop gate at Dam 4; boat in canal, stone covered bridge over canal with person standing on bridge

Stop gate