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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

8 people in row boat, 1 person standing; Taylor family at Lock 49

Four Locks Family

Ledger of General shipments for the year 1873 from Cumberland by Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

General shipments for the year 1873 from Cumberland (Coal shipments and by whom made)

Black & White photo of Potomac river and canal with building near canal

Glossary of canal terminology

Government coal boats, circa unknown

Government coal boat

Large rock, this gravestone has "M.K." scraped into it

Gravestone at Dargan

Large rock, this gravestone has "D.S." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan - D.S.

Large rock, this gravestone has "M.W." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan - M.W.

Large rock, this gravestone has "L.D." scraped into it

Gravestone near Dargan Bend

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

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

Image of postcard with text "United States Post Card" - Postage 1 cent, circa 1875

Green wood for sale (Lancelot Shank to Franklin Grove)

Guard lock at Dam 5

Guard Lock at Dam 5

Canal at Hancock; boat in canal with rope, man along walkway

Hancock

Cando Canal at Hancock; mules on walkway, boarded shanty and building in background

Hancock Area - 1900s

Canal from Hancock at old river bridge looking east

Hancock Area - 1920s

Hancock Basin; 1 boat in canal, building along left side

Hancock Basin

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1854 "The Town of Hancock."

Hancock, not just a "chicken town", 1854

P.T. Little's store at Hancock; several men standing outside store with a horse and wagon

Hancock, P.T. Little's store

Article in Herald of Freedom, 1849 - "Hands Wanted. On the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal."

Hands wanted, 1849

Photograph of lower town Harpers Ferry and the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.

Harpers Ferry

C&O Canal freight boat tied up in the Inlet Lock 3, mules are tied up near a trough

Harpers Ferry Lock and Feeder canal

Canal in the foreground is dry, and there is rubble from the bridge blocking the path, 1862

Harpers Ferry, wreckage of war. (Canal blocked)

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1852 - "Heavy rain, Freshet."

Heavy rain, freshet, 1852

Canal boat in river; 2 horses on road near river, circa 1920

Hebb's boat #6 - Big Slackwater

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

High Waters - 1846

House boat, near Shepherdstown circa 1916

House boat near Shepherdstown

Two boys sit on boat in a lock, waiting to head downstream circa 1920s

In the lock

Article posted in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light - statement of income of C&O Canal, 1856

Income and expenses of the Canal, 1856

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1853 - "A Painful Injury."

Injury of colored man, 1853

Family of 3 (woman and 2 young children) on canal boat

Interview - Clara Manning (introduction)

Handwritten Invoice for Victor Cushwa,1883 from Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company

Invoice - Victor Cushwa,1883

Invoice to Cushwa from DeFrehn's Chair Factory, 1882

Invoice for DeFrehn's Chair Factory

Invoice from Consolidation Coal to Cushwa, 1882

Invoice from Consolidation Coal to Cushwa, 1882

Canal boat traveling down canal

James Eaton

Photo of canal boat in river; text written "Parkhead 993"

James Eaton - canal boats

B&W photo of mules grazing in a field

James Eaton - mules

Image of canal with a boat off in the distance

James Eaton interview 2 (Life on the canal)

Cemetery headstone of John Adams

John Adams' gravestone

Ad in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1856 - "Valuable Real Estate at Private Sale!"

Land for sale in Clearspring area along canal, 1856

News article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1854 - "Land Slide."

Land slide at Paw Paw, 1854

Article in Herald of Freedom, 1855; "Valuable Farm at Private Sale."

Land with boat dock on canal for sale, 1855

Lantern, 24 inches in height, was used on a canal boat, circa unknown

Lantern

News article about canal from Herald of Freedom, 1850; "Large Loads."

Large loads, 1850

2 men on canal with sign on tree that says "No vehicles"

Let's Save the C&O, March 1954

Handwritten letter to Alexandria, Feb 11, 1852

Letter (2) to S.P. Grove re boat

Photo of letter from CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL COMPANY to National Park Service, 1938

Letter from Office of Receivers, 1938

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, August 27, 1851 - "To the Editors of the Herald and Torch:"

Letter to Editor from Superintendent re maintenance, 1851

Handwritten letter to Alexandria, Feby 6, 1852

Letter to S. P. Grove re canal boats

Licking Creek aqueduct, a stone bridge with one large arch

Licking Creek Aqueduct

light (empty) boat heading back up the canal

Light canal boat

List of Canal Company employees, 1938

List of Canal Company employees, 1938

Lock 31, near Weverton and Keep Tryst, with a train on the B&O line in the background.

Lock 31

Lock 32 in Washington County, canal and river are in close proximity

Lock 32

Picture of Lock 33, man stands along edge of lock

Lock 33

Double image of Lock 33 near Harpers Ferry

Lock 33 - canal empty