Single-Span Aqueducts, Historical Data, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Unrau HD. 1974. Single-Span Aqueducts, Historical Data, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic Preservation Team. Denver, Colorado
This report has been prepared to satisfy in part the research needs for the preserva-tion/stabilization of Aqueducts Nos. 6, 8, 9 and 11 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The study of the single-span aqueducts on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is basic to an understanding of the functioning of the waterway. It was necessary to build masonry aqueducts in order to carry the canal across the larger tributaries that flow into the Potomac River. At the time of their construction, the aqueducts represented major engineering ac-complishments. Altogether, 11 aqueducts were built by the Canal Company to span the major tributaries of the Potomac. Of these structures, 6 were single-span aqueducts located on the canal above Dam No. 5. This report focuses on four of these single-span aqueducts: No. 6 at Licking Creek, No. 8 at Sideling Hill Creek, No. 9 at Fifteen Mile Creek and No. 11 at Evitts Creek.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Unrau, Harlan
- Date of Issue
- 1974-03
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic Preservation Team
- Units
- CHOH , HIST
- Keywords
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Single-Span Aqueducts