The Catoctin Aqueduct, Historical Data, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Unrau HD. 2011. The Catoctin Aqueduct, Historical Data, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver, Colorado
This report discusses the history of the construction of the canal between Point of Rocks and Harpers Ferry, the section on which the Catoctin Aqueduct is located. It is intertwined with the story of the rivalry between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Both enterprises, which held their groundbreaking ceremonies on July 4, 1828, chose the Potomac Valley as the route of their respective works. The canal company, feeling secure in its right of prior location that it inherited from its predecessor, the Potomac Company, proceeded in a regular fashion with its operations. The railroad company, on the other hand, sent surveyors ahead to locate its line and secure land waivers, especially in the narrow passes of the valley above Point of Rocks where a conflict with the canal might be expected.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Unrau, Harlan
- Date of Issue
- 2011
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CHOH , HIST , NCR
- Keywords
- Catoctin Aqueduct, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Cultural Resources, ehistory
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 011663: Catoctin Creek Aqueduct