Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by United States. National Park Service. Division of Publications and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1991 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful illustrated handbook provides information on the 19th century canal era such as: how the canal was built, how it worked, who made it work, and what it contributed to developing agriculture, mining, and industry in the Potomac River basin. Also provides a concise travel guide with detailed canal maps, and other reference materials to make the most of a visit to the canal.
Download or read book Historic Resource Study written by Harlan D. Unrau and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake Ohio Canal National Historical Park General Plan Environmental Assessment EA 1975 B1 General Plan 1976 B2 Great Falls Park Draft Assessment of Alternatives 1978 B3 Stabilization of Paw Paw Tunnel Portals 1979 B4 Seneca to Cumberland Section Interpretive Prospectus 1979 B5 Statement for Management B6 Revised Statement for Management 1979 B7 Great Falls Park Assessment of Alternatives 1979 B8 Land Acqisition Plan B9 Chesapeake Ohio Canal Cumberland North Branch Environmental Assessment EA written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by Mary H. Rubin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fights of founding fathers to those fought in the supreme court, the pivotal role of this unassuming canal comes to life with historic images and insider insights. With the founding of his Patowmack Company in 1785, George Washington first hoped to make the Potomac River a viable route to America's West. The skirting canals the company constructed around the Great Falls rapids at Harpers Ferry, Seneca, and Little Falls made the Potomac's rushing waters navigable. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was chartered by Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania in 1828 to build a truly useful canal through to the Ohio Valley. President John Quincy Adams turned the first spadeful of dirt on Independence Day of 1828 for what was hailed as the "Great National Project" to connect Georgetown to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The canal created an entire community of people and a way of life different from any other. At the height of operations, over 500 boats plied the 184.5 miles of the canal's waters. After many financial difficulties, competition from railroads, and the devastating effects of the Civil War as well as a flood, the canal went into receivership and was closed in 1924. In 1954, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas brought attention back to the canal with a fight to preserve the natural beauty for local residents. Today, the canal-listed as a National Historical Park-provides thousands with recreational opportunities, scenic nature trails, and gorgeous views.
Download or read book Home on the Canal written by Elizabeth Kytle and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the C & O Canal in Maryland along the Potomac River, including summaries of interviews with eleven men and women who had lived or worked on the canal while it was in operation.
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is published in support of the National Park Service's management policies and interpretive programs at the park. Part 1 places the park in its historical setting--the 19th-century canal era--and tells how citizen initiative eventually saved it from highway building. Part 2 explains how the canal was built, how it worked, who made it work, and what it contributed to developing agriculture, mining, and industry in the Potomac River basin. Part 3 presents concise travel guide information, detailed canal maps, and other reference materials to help you make the most of a visit to the canal.
Download or read book The Great National Project written by Walter S. Sanderlin and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Maryland written by United States. National Park Service and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canals written by Robert J. Kapsch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated history of America's first transportation system.
Download or read book The Great National Project written by Walter S. Sanderlin and published by Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Press. This book was released on 1947 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The C O Canal written by Dorothy Camagna and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already obsolete by the time construction finished in 1850, the C&O Canal nevertheless remained in operation for seventy-four years, until 1924. By then, several devastating floods had sent the canal into receivership, and the canaller's way of life vanished due to competition from other forms of transportation and shipping, lack of funds, and natural disasters. Yet in 1828, when the young nation depended on its waterways, the C&O Canal served to link the port of Georgetown with Pittsburgh, thereby connecting the Chesapeake Bay and the Ohio River. The canal's inauguration realized the dream of speculators such as George Washington and others to connect the coastal plain, via the Potomac River, with the western frontier. Nowadays history and nature are jointly preserved along the canal's length. In "The C&O Canal", Dorothy Camagna's superb photography and narrative present a compelling account of the canal's mission, structures, and unique way of life. From tidewater Georgetown to Cumberland, the canal's ultimate terminus in the Allegheny Plateau, "The C&O Canal" brilliantly illustrates the allure of both the former waterway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
Download or read book Historic Resource Study written by Harlan D. Unrau and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon signed into law the bill creating the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. In the mid-1970s, National Park Service historian Harlan D. Unrau produced a major, handwritten, multi-volume study of the history, engineering, operation, maintenance, and other aspects of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal. A rough, unedited typed version was produced in the early 1980s for general use by park staff. In 2006, C&O Canal NHP volunteers began the task of transcribing the Unrau work into MS Word.The work represents an early compilation of the canal's history and engineering that has never been surpassed and will be of incalculable value to researchers and those who simply desire to know more about this unique historic treasure. It should be noted that the original work was developed as sixteen chapters organized in several volumes. The first four chapters are not included here and have not yet been transcribed. For the most part those early chapters contain information on the general state of canal building and engineering in the early 19th century, and background history- although there is also a section on certain C&O structures and engineering problems. Overall, however, the information is less specific to the C&O in chapters one through four than that in chapters five through sixteen treated as separate monographs in this volume.
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chesapeake and Ohio Canal written by Mary Rubin and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the founding of his Patowmack Company in 1785, George Washington first hoped to make the Potomac River a viable route to America's West. The skirting canals the company constructed around the Great Falls rapids at Harpers Ferry, Seneca, and Little Falls made the Potomac's rushing waters navigable. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was chartered by Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania in 1828 to build a truly useful canal through to the Ohio Valley. President John Quincy Adams turned the first spadeful of dirt on Independence Day of 1828 for what was hailed as the "Great National Project" to connect Georgetown to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The canal created an entire community of people and a way of life different from any other. At the height of operations, over 500 boats plied the 184.5 miles of the canal's waters. After many financial difficulties, competition from railroads, and the devastating effects of the Civil War as well as a flood, the canal went into receivership and was closed in 1924. In 1954, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas brought attention back to the canal with a fight to preserve the natural beauty for local residents. Today, the canal-listed as a National Historical Park-provides thousands with recreational opportunities, scenic nature trails, and gorgeous views.
