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Cover page of C&O Canal; The Making of a Park; sketch image of brick around canal with a house in the background

Chapter 6

EXPANDING THE PARK



The 1971 act finally gave the National Park Service the authority and means —with subsequent appropriations — to enlarge its narrow canal right-of-way into a viable park. Land acquisition was the primary purpose of the legislation and became the first priority following its enactment.