Historic Structures Report, Part II - Town Creek Aqueduct, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, Maryland
Bearss EC. 1966. Historic Structures Report, Part II - Town Creek Aqueduct, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, Maryland. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History Studies. Washington, DC
The aqueduct over Town Creek, or Aqueduct No. 10 as it was designated while under construction, was destined to take many years to complete. Thirteen years were to pass from the time that Frederick Pratt's bid to build Aqueduct No. 10 was accepted by the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company in September 1837, to the time that structure was declared ready for water. In fact, the Town Creek Aqueduct was the last major "work of art" on the canal to be accepted. A study of the construction history of the Town Creek Aqueduct reveals the desperate financial plight of the Canal Company and the determination of its officials and friends to see the construction of the "Great National Project" completed as far as Cumberland. This section of the Historic Structures Report presents that history of the structure and includes documentation from the time of publication.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bearss, Edwin
- Date of Issue
- 1966-02
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History Studies
- Units
- CHOH , HIST , NCR
- Keywords
- aqueduct, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, construction history, Cultural Resources, ehistory, engineering, Frederick Pratt, labor, Potomac River, Town Creek Aqueduct
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 045623: Town Creek Aqueduct