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

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

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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

Ledger of Comparative Statement of Principal Articles of Commerce ( 1873-1874)

Comparative Statement of Principal Articles of Commerce ( 1873-1874)

Conococheague Aqueduct, a stone bridge with 3 arches

Conococheague Aqueduct

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

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "Constable's Sale."

Constable's sale at Millstone Point, 1856

Article in newspaper 1856 "Construction of Dams."

Construction of Dams

News ad in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1853 - "Corn Wanted!"

Corn wanted, 1853

Bill receipt from Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1872 for cribing at Gard Lock No. 4. $25.08

Cribing for Guard Lock 4, 1872

Bill receipt from Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1872 for $10

Culbertson, payment for lumber, 1872

Invoice bill in 1898 for Cushwa and Sons, for Georges Creek Coal

Cushwa and Sons, 1898 (Bill for Georges Creek Coal)

Numerous boats in canal, multiple lines; circa unknown

Cushwa Basin

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

Cushwa Basin, flood, 1889

Handwritten ledger for Cushwa tolls, 1882

Cushwa tolls, 1882

Coal is being lifted by a steam loader from the boat into waiting horse-drawn wagons; train tracks at bottom, canal at left

Cushwa Warehouse

Cushwa warehouse, train passing by with load of coal; circa unknown

Cushwa Warehouse (train passing through)

Handwritten invoice for Cushwa's tolls, 1883

Cushwa's tolls, 1883 (for plaster and bark)

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

House on hill in distance; lock canal below, lockkeeper and wife stand near the lock gate

Dam 5 (Dan Sterling)

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

Dam 5 leaks - 1856

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

Dam 5 needs to be repaired. 30 boats waiting, 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

Darby Grain Mill near canal, boat in canal and freight train on track near mill

Darby Grain Mill

Darby's Mill, near Lock 44, by Williamsport, MD; workers are busy throughout, circa 1895

Darby Mill

Two small upright gravestones in the Dargan Road cemetery

Dargan Road Cemetery

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1855 - "A Fatal Accident."

Death at Four Locks, 1855

DeFrehn Chair factory was taken after the 1889 flood, debris throughout near the building

DeFrehn Chair Factory

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 The News, Hagerstown, 1846 - Opinion on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Delapidation and Ruin, 1846

Handwritten letter Augt 29, 1862 from Wm. H. Gody [?] to Mr. Wade

Detained at the Ferry, Aug 29, 1862

3 boats in canal and 6 mules feeding downstream from lock 38.

Downstream from Lock 38

Dredge machine at Cushwa Basin

Dredge, Cushwa Basin

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "Drowned."

Drowned, Henry Bowers, 1856

Cover image of The Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project by George Washington Ward

Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project

Articles in Hagerstown Daily Mail and Cumberland Evening News, 1925; "Famous Canal Boatman Sick", "Funeral of Emanuel Athey"

Emanual Athey, Captain of the "Round Top"

Post drawing Embrey & Cushwa, Canal Basin, Williamsport, Md.; circa 1877

Embrey and Cushwa warehouse, 1877

Ad in Herald of Freedom, 1846 - "Farm for Sale"

Farm for Sale, 1846, near Canal

Cover image of Farming Along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1971 by Perry Carpenter Wheelock

Farming along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1971 (- A Study of Agricultural Sites)

News article in Hagerstown Mail, 1897 - "Fears For Canal."

Fears for Canal, 1897

Ferry at Big Pool; group of 10 women cross with car on ferry, circa 1936

Ferry at Big Pool - Cherry Run

Small community town by water, hotel on hill; Lock 38

Ferry Hill and Lock 38 Area

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report - Ferry Hill - part 3; image of Ferry Hill, Bridgeport the C&O Canal from Shepherdstown circa 1890

Ferry Hill Cultural Landscape Report, page 3 (Management Philosophy, Alternatives, Treatment)

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report - Ferry Hill - part 1; image of Ferry Hill, Bridgeport the C&O Canal from Shepherdstown circa 1890

Ferry Hill Cultural Landscape Report, part 1 (Introduction & history)

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report - Ferry Hill - part 2; image of Ferry Hill, Bridgeport the C&O Canal from Shepherdstown circa 1890

Ferry Hill Cultural Landscape Report, part 2 (Existing conditions & Analysis)

Cover page of Ferry Hill Plantation House report - part; image of house on hill

Ferry Hill Plantation House (Historic Structure Report, part 1)

Cover page of Ferry Hill Plantation House report - part 2; image of house on hill

Ferry Hill Plantation House (Historic Structure Report, part 2)

Cover page of Ferry Hill Plantation House report - part 3; image of house on hill

Ferry Hill Plantation House (Historic Structure Report, part 3)

Article in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1861 - "Firing at Dam No. 5"

Firing at Dam No. 5, 1861 ( - A Barn Destroyed)

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1850 - "The First Coal by Canal."

First coal by canal, Oct 1850

Four Lock and beautiful country road circa 1905s

Four Locks - 1905

Multiple canal boats in line stuck in low water area along canal waiting for rain

Four Locks - Line of Boats