Waterfall along the Grand Old Ditch---at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park

by Catherine Ludwig Donleycott

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Waterfall along the Grand Old Ditch---at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park

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Catherine Ludwig Donleycott

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Photograph - Photogrgraph

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the "Grand Old Ditch,"[1] operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal's principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains.

https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks/chesapeake-and-ohio-canal-national-historical-park

Construction on the 184.5-mile (296.9 km) canal began in 1828 and ended in 1850 with the completion of a 50-mile (80 km) stretch to Cumberland. Rising and falling over an elevation change of 605 feet (184 meters), it required the construction of 74 canal locks, 11 aqueducts to cross major streams, more than 240 culverts to cross smaller streams, and the 3,118 ft (950 m) Paw Paw Tunnel. A planned section to the Ohio River at Pittsburgh was never built.

The canal way is now maintained as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, with a trail that follows the old towpath.

Featured in FAA group:
- Abstraction in Photography 9/12/2020

To see my publicity, history, and original paintings and works in progress, please go to:

WEBSITE: catherinedesigns.com
ETSY: CDonleycottPaintings
Instagram: @c.donleycott

Additional artwork can be seen at:
- Unique Gifts by Jacquelynn in Clayton, North Caroline
- River to Sea Gallery (online) in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Artmosphere Community Art Center in Clayton, North Carolina

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August 30th, 2020

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