Historic Resource Study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Unrau HD. 2007. Historic Resource Study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service. Hagerstown, Maryland
Series of monographs related to the C&O Canal, including designers, construction economics, navigation, commerce, and boatmen. 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 present document lacks the benefit of information that has be-come available since the 1970s when Unrau created this work. Various imperfections will be apparent to the reader and some sources are not fully documented, but 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.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Unrau, Harlan
- Date of Issue
- 2007-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CHOH , HIST , NCR
- Keywords
- Boats, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Civil War, Construction, Cultural Resources, ehistory, historic resource study, history program, Navigation