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

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Floods and canal repairs

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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Article in Herald of Freedom, 1846 - "Another Break in the Canal."

Another break in the canal, 1846

Men and mules used to level and move dirt during the repairs at Big Pool

Big Pool - Repair men and mules 1

Men and mules used to level and move dirt during the repairs at Big Pool, pic 2

Big Pool - Repair men and mules 2

Hagerstown Daily Mail, 1936 - "BUILDINGS FLOATING IN RIVER; HANCOCK BRIDGE MAY GO OUT"

Buildings Floating, 1936

Dried up canal with boats still sitting in canal

Canal emptied, boats stranded

berm side of the Conococheague Aqueduct collapsed into the Conococheague Creek; canal boat with several people standing on bridge and 2 men in water near boat

Conococheague Aqueduct, 1920

Conococheague aqueduct, a stone bridge; wood planks on top with several men working on repairs

Conococheague aqueduct, 1920, repairs

Flooded canal, box cars covered in water, bridge is seen in far ground near Cushwa warehouse, 1889

Cushwa Basin, flood, 1889

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

Dam 4 repairs. After 1936

The Chair Factory after the 1889 flood. 30+ men seen standing on various levels of roof top and on ground making repairs

DeFrehn Chair Factory, 1889

Article in Herald Mail, 1877 - "GREAT FLOOD."

Great Flood, 1877 (The Potomac, Antietam and Conococheague higher than ever before)

Article in Herald of Freedom, 1846 - "High Waters."

High Waters - 1846

Workers, beams and brick wall during Lock 33 reconstruction, circa 1930s

Lock 33 - reconstruction photo 1

Lock 33 reconstruction, concrete wall on both sides with scaffolding in middle and workers throughout

Lock 33 - reconstruction photo 2

Lock 33 reconstruction, water spewing out while workers seen on machine controlling water flow, circa 1930s

Lock 33 - reconstruction photo 3

2 flooded homes about 30 feet away from each other; Potomac River and C&O Canal, circa 1924?

Lock 38 during 1924 flood

The flood of 1924, onlookers watching the flooded Potomac River at Lock 38

Lock 38 during the flood of 1924

Repairs being carried out on the wall of the Conococheague Aqueduct, circa 1920s?

Repairs to the Conococheague Aqueduct

Williamsport during the 1936 Flood; several homes under water near the river

Williamsport Flood, 1936

Potomac and the Conococheague flood in January 1897, canal boats docked and many low lying areas under water

Williamsport high water, 1897 (Potomac and Conococheague )

Aerial view of Tannery - Fenton Ave and N. Conococheague St., Williamsport MD, 1936 Flood

Williamsport, 1936 flood

Drained canal at Williamsport, 2 boats sit in dry canal, several people walking on tow path, circa 1920s?

Williamsport, drained canal