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

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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

Cover page - Chapter 4 Sustainability: Case Studies

"We are again in the midst of troubles" (Floods - Ch4)

Cover page - (Floods - Chapter 1) by Donald R. Shaffer

"We are again in the midst of troubles" (Floods - Chapter 1)

Cover page of We are again in the midst of troubles; image of flooded Potomac River 5-13-24

"We are again in the midst of troubles" (Floods, Ch2&3)

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "The Canal." about monthly coal shipment

32,000 tons of coal transported in month, 1856

News article in Hagerstown Mail, 1837 - 40,000 bushels of coal

40,000 bushels of coal - 1837

News article in Herald & Torch Light, 1854 - "A Break in the Canal."

A break on the Canal, 1854

Canal boat traveling down canal

A Brief History of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

Shawnee Canoe club, the three members are traversing the slope from the towpath to the river below

A canoe at Shepherdstown

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1853 - "A Fatal Affray at Williamsport."

A fatal affray at Williamsport, 1853

canal wharfs and sometimes small basins were built on the berm side of the canal

A local landing

Article in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1856 - "A Man Drowned."

A Man Drowned - Benjamin Feecus, 1856

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1863 - "A Man Drowned."

A man drowned, 1863

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "A Serious Charge."

Abduction of slave by Canal Captain, 1856

recreational boat in canal circa 1920s

Above Big Slackwater

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1862 - "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal."

After Antietam, October 1862

Five boats are moored in a boat basin near Two Locks

After the Canal closed

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

Another break in the canal, 1846

Letter to editor in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "The Canal."

Another letter to the editor from a boatman, 1856

Aqueduct No. 4, a bridge with 3 arches

Antietam Aqueduct

Bill of sale from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company to Charles W. Adams, 1872

Antietam Division Order for Dry Goods 1872

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1846 - "Apples."

Apples, 1846

Canal in river approaching a lock, buildings on left side

Approaching the lock

Conococheague Aqueduct, a stone bridge; family of 4 standing on bridge

Aqueduct, Williamsport

COHONGOROOTO: THE POTOMAC ABOVE THE FALLS report cover page

Archeological Identification & Evaluation, Rock Creek-Sandy Hook (Cohongorooto: The Potomac Above the Falls)

THROUGH THE GREAT VALLEY AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND cover image

Archeological Identification & Evaluation, Sandy Hook-Hancock (Through the Great Valley & into the mountains beyond)

Cover page of River and Mountain, War and Peace, NPS 2011

Archeological Identification and Evaluation, Hancock to Cumberland (River & Mountain, War & Peace)

Cover page of PART II: HANCOCK TO CUMBERLAND MILEPOST 60.7 TO 184.5

Archeological Overview and Assessment (Part 2)

Cover page of ARCHEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT C&O CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

Archeological Overview and Assessment (Part I)

Article in Daily Mail, Hagerstown, 1906 - "ASHES!"

Ashes, 1906

Canal family on boat, 2 females and young boy

At the tiller

Upper lock above Harper Ferry. Maryland Heights in the distance

At upper lock above Harper Ferry

illustration is from Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War, New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896

Banks crossing the Potomac, May 25, 1862

Sketch by A. R. Waud of Civil War battle at Shepherstown, 1862

Battle of Shepherdstown, 1862

Photo of canal boat in river; text written "one mile below Antietam", 1904

Below Antietam

low-lying area beside the river called Big Pool; Boat being pulled by mule and rider with rope on tow path

Big Pool

Downstream Big Pool stop gate with pedestrian on footbridge, pivot bridge at bottom

Big Pool - pivot bridge

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

Boat at Big Pool with people walking along tow path; circa unknown

Big Pool at Ft. Frederick

House boat in canal, windows with curtains and cover on front; 2 men at back of boat

Big Slackwater

Ferry that operated between Shepherdstown and Bridgeport ; horse and wagon with family, one holding an umbrella, circa unknown

Blackfords Ferry

Ferry that operated between Shepherdstown and Bridgeport; circa 1920s car on Ferry

Blackfords Ferry at Shepherdstown

Canal Towage Company boat number 85 left in water after flood damage

Boat 85, after 1924

Canal boat travel down river; man and boat steering boat

Boat by Four Locks

Cover page of Boat families on the C&O Canal

Boat families on the C&O Canal (and the role of women and community)

Scan of written letter regarding building a Canal boat, 1846

Boat specifications, 1846 (Indenture)

Collection of more than 10+ boats tied up in canal at Williamsport; circa unknown

Boats tied up at Cushwa Basin

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1855 - "Bodies Found."

Bodies found from Williamsport breach, 1855

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal."

Bond holders meet, canal nearly bankrupt, 1856

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

Bond holders of Canal meet, 1856

Boteler’s Mill dam was made of wooden cribs filled with rubble stones and covered with planks, circa 1890

Botelers Mill

Bowles Aqueduct, a stone bridge with a large arch

Bowles Aqueduct at Tonoloway Creek

Children diving off of canal boat, circa 1910

Boys diving off canal boat

Bridge over C&O Canal at Dam 4

Bridge over C&O Canal at Dam 4

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