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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

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1851 - "The Prospects Ahead."

The Prospects Ahead, 1851

News article in Hagerstown Mail, 1865 - "The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal." about ice on canal

Thick ice on canal, February 1865

Photograph of Thomas Donegan, Ann Gotner, and Anna Kent resting on a beam

Thomas Donegan at Lock 56

loaded canal boat on its way to Georgetown to unload its cargo of coal

Thompson 70

Picture is of the third toll bridge built from the Maryland town of Bridgeport to Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Toll bridge at Shepherdstown

Toll bridge at Williamsport; several people on bridge, including a horse and buggy

Toll Bridge at Williamsport

Handwritten expense ledger of Victor Cushwa’s Tolls for Dec 1882

Tolls, Victor Cushwa, Dec 1882

Multiple Canal boats docked by river; Text "100.9 Canal Boats Potomac River"

Tom Little - business along the Canal

Little Country store with horse outside and people standing near front entrance

Tom Little - Introduction

2 men, 1 standing, 1 sitting, by lock gate with shed and trees in background

Tom Moore at Mountain Lock

Tonoloway Aqueduct, a stone bridge; water is streaming down from bridge

Tonoloway Aqueduct

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1861 - "A Brisk Skirmish."

Tow boy killed in skirmish, 1861

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1848 - "Trade of Williamsport, Md."

Trade at Williamsport, 1848

Copy of Annual Report Statement, Chesapeake and Ohio canal company, 1848

Twentieth Annual Report, 1848; Page 25

Copy of Annual Report Statement, Chesapeake and Ohio canal company, 1848; pg 26

Twentieth Annual Report, 1848; Page 26

Article in Morning Herald, 1921 - "U.S. CANAL BOATS ARE NOW MOVING"

U S canal boats, 1921 (Coal from Cumberland)

Equipment at the Cushwa wharf; Boat in canal with 3 people in small row boat

Unloading at Williamsport

Cover page of Historic Resources Study; image of bridge in foreground;

Unrau - Introduction and 1 - Designers

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 10. Economic Impact of the Potomac Valley of the C & O Canal 1828-1924

Unrau 10 - Economic Impact

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 11. C&O Canal During the Civil War: 1861-1865

Unrau 11 - Canal during Civil War

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 12. Lockkeepers and Boatmen on the C & O Canal

Unrau 12 - Lockkeepers & Boatmen

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 2. The Economics of Constructing The C & O Canal

Unrau 2 - Economics of Canal Construction

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 3. Labor Force of The C & O Canal 1828-1850

Unrau 3 - Labor Force

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 4. Stone Quarries and Mills Associated with the Construction of the C & O Canal

Unrau 4 - Quarries, Mills & Kilns

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 5. Chronological Desc. of the Construction of the C & O Canal

Unrau 5 - Construction Chronology

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 6. Floods on the C & O Canal 1829-1936

Unrau 6 - Floods

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 7. Boats and Navigation on the C & O Canal

Unrau 7 - Boats & Navigation

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 8. Commerce on the C & O Canal 1829-1936

Unrau 8 - Commerce

Cover page of Historic Resources Study 9. Management of Maintenance Operations on the C & O Canal 1830-1924

Unrau 9 - Maintenance

Ad in newspaper, 1856 - "Valuable Personal Property Sheriff's Sale!"

Valuable Personal Property for Sale-Joseph H. Piper

View of Potomac River from Harpers Ferry, circa unknown

View from Harpers Ferry

News article in Weekly Casket, 1849 "Virginia and the Canal."

Virginia and the Canal, 1849

News article in Harrisburg Telegraph, 1918 - "War Department Officers Making Survey of Canal"

War Department Officers Making Survey of Canal, 1918

Article in Hagerstown Mail, 1834 - "The Agreement" among Irish workers at the Canal

War on the Canal - agreement among the Irish, 1834

News article in Hagerstown Mail, 1834 - "War On The Canal."

War on the Canal (Irish workers), 1834

Article in Hagerstown Mail, 1834 - "War on the Canal."

War on the Canal (Irish workers), 1834-01-24

Docked boat with 2 mules at Pinesburg. Several people seen standing on boat; circa 1895

Warehouse, Pinesburg

Illustrated map of Washington County Maryland, 1877

Washington County, 1877

News article in Herald of Freedom, 1850 - "Water in the Canal."

Water in the Canal, 1850

Scan copy of Way Bill from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1848

Way Bill for J. Wade, 1848

Ledger of Way Bills received by Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 1858 - No. 3

Way Bills May 1858 - Ascending (- Cumberland office) - No 3

Ledger of Way Bills received by Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 1858

Way Bills May 1858 - Ascending (- Cumberland office) - No 4

Canal looking upstream at Williamsport. Foreground are railcars waiting to be filled with coal for transport

Western Maryland railcars at Williamsport

lockhouse located at Lock 31, built of bricks in 1833

Weverton, Lockhouse

Whip used while boating on the canal

Whip belonging to Robert L. Hebb

At Bollman's company bridge, boat in canal with Potomac River in background, circa unknown

Williamsport - Canal at Williamsport

Canal at Williamsport; 2 boats in canal, Cushwas building in the background

Williamsport - Cushwa Basin with boats

Steam loader used by Cushwa’s Warehouse for the unloading of coal from boats

Williamsport (unloading boats)

Article in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1851 - "Synod Meeting."

Williamsport accessible by pack boat, 1851

News article in Herald and Torch Light, 1865 - "The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal." about damage on canal

Williamsport aqueduct damaged, 1865

Toll bridge at Williamsport; boat in canal, boy stands near canal path; circa 1920s?

Williamsport at Toll Bridge

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report C&O Canal; image of canal with rail cars in foreground and house in background

Williamsport Cultural Landscape Report - (part 3)

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report C&O Canal; image of canal with rail cars in foreground and house in background

Williamsport Cultural Landscape Report (part 1)

Cover page of Cultural Landscape Report C&O Canal; image of canal with rail cars in foreground and house in background

Williamsport Cultural Landscape Report (part 2)