Signature Collections
Chesapeake and Ohio (C & O) Canal in Washington County
About: The canal in the newspapers
Other topics within this collection:
32,000 tons of coal transported in month, 1856
40,000 bushels of coal - 1837
A break on the Canal, 1854
A fatal affray at Williamsport, 1853
A Man Drowned - Benjamin Feecus, 1856
A man drowned, 1863
Abduction of slave by Canal Captain, 1856
Another letter to the editor from a boatman, 1856
Apples, 1846
Ashes, 1906
Bodies found from Williamsport breach, 1855
Bond holders meet, canal nearly bankrupt, 1856
Bond holders of Canal meet, 1856
Canal appointments, July 1856
Canal break at Williamsport, 1855
Canal break caused by lock keeper, 1854
Canal break repaired, 1919
Canal in "good order", coal going to northern cities, 1864
Canal in excellent order, 66 boats in a week, 1856
Canal receipts 1872
Canal Scrip
Canal trade from Williamsport, 1854
Canal Transportation from Williamsport, 1852
Canal warehouse ready, 1838
Child drowned, 1874
Coal begins to move, 1919
Collapse of coal wharf, Cumberland, 1864
Constable's sale at Millstone Point, 1856
Construction of Dams
Corn wanted, 1853
Dam 5 needs to be repaired. 30 boats waiting, 1856
Death at Four Locks, 1855
Drowned, Henry Bowers, 1856
Farm for Sale, 1846, near Canal
Fears for Canal, 1897
First coal by canal, Oct 1850