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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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Other topics within this collection:

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

Williamsport during the 1936 Flood; several homes under water near the river

Williamsport Flood, 1936

Advertisement in Hagerstown Mail, 1835 - "Charles A. Warfield of A Commission Merchant and Forwarding Agent At Williamsport

Williamsport forwarding agent, 1835

Potomac and the Conococheague flood in January 1897, canal boats docked and many low lying areas under water

Williamsport high water, 1897 (Potomac and Conococheague )

Electric Power Station in Williamsport being built; man on roof, several men outside working, 1 horse in photo

Williamsport Power Station

Aerial view of Tannery - Fenton Ave and N. Conococheague St., Williamsport MD, 1936 Flood

Williamsport, 1936 flood

Drained canal at Williamsport, 2 boats sit in dry canal, several people walking on tow path, circa 1920s?

Williamsport, drained canal

Woman stands on parked canal boat; 2 men walking on platform

Woman on boat