ARCHEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT
C&O CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
ANNOTATED LISTING OF
ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS
Prepared For:
National Capital Region National Park Service
Prepared By:
E. Madeleine Scheerer
URS Corporation
Florence, New Jersey
June 2002
RIVER AND MOUNTAIN,WAR AND PEACE
ARCHEOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND
EVALUATION STUDY OF
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
HANCOCK TO CUMBERLAND (MILE MARKERS 123 TO 184)
VOLUME I
Final Report
PREPARED FOR:
National Park Service
National Capital Region
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20242
PREPARED BY:
John Bedell, Jason Shellenhamer, Charles Lee Decker, Stuart Fiedel
THE LOUIS BERGER GROUP, INC.
1250 23rd Street, NW
THROUGH THE GREAT VALLEY AND INTO THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND
ARCHEOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION STUDY OF CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK SANDY HOOK TO HANCOCK (MILE MARKERS 59 TO 123)
VOLUME I
Final Report
PREPARED FOR:
National Park Service National Capital Region
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20242
PREPARED BY:
John Befell, Charles Lee Decker, Stuart Fiedel, Jason Shellenhamer
COHONGOROOTO:
THE POTOMAC ABOVE THE FALLS
ARCHEOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION STUDY OF CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ROCK CREEK TO SANDY HOOK (MILE MARKERS O TO 59)
VOLUME I
Final Report
PREPARED FOR:
National Capital Region National Park Service
1100 Ohio Drive, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20242
PREPARED BY:
Stuart Fiedel, John Bedell, Charles LeeDecker
THE LOUIS BERGER GROUP, INC. 2300 N Street NW Washington, D.C. 20037
Working in the canal prism or any of the canal's various structures often meant dealing with water that could never entirely be prevented from seeping or running into the work area. In this photo it appears a steam pump is being used to remove water from the lock that is being reconstructed.
Reconstruction of Lock 33.
Lock 33 is particularly vulnerable to floods as it is not high above river level. In addition, the proximity of the mouth of the Shenandoah, which is normally also in flood when the Potomac is, results in extremely turbulent waters at this point. As a consequence Lock 33 frequently suffered damage from severe floods.
When this reconstruction was done, the canal was being operated by the Canal Transportation Company, which had been created by the receivership that took over under court supervision after the C&O Canal Company went bankrupt in 1889. By this time steam-powered equipment was available, making such heavy work as moving the large stones significantly easier than in the 19th century when such equipment did not exist.
Air view. Tannery, Fenton Ave and N. Conococheague St, Williamsport
BUILDINGS FLOATING IN RIVER;
HANCOCK BRIDGE MAY GO OUT
River Reaches 38 Feet At Williamsport And Still Rising;
Scores Of Clubhouses Swept Into Swirling Waters;
Most Of Hancock Is Under Water.