Historic Structures Report, Part II - Tonoloway Aqueduct, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Bearss EC. 1967. Historic Structures Report, Part II - Tonoloway Aqueduct, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History. Washington, DC
This report contains a detailed history of the Tonoloway Aqueduct (Aqueduct No. 7) on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, including the conditions surrounding its construction, building materials, costs, and labor. Four years were required to build the aqueduct across Tonoloway Creek. The slow progress of construction on this 27 mile stretch of waterway, between Dam No. 5 and the Great Cacapon, was due to three things: a period of labor unrest and economic crisis, high costs due to inflation and the labor and engineering difficulties of canal building, and the limited financial resources resulting from these conditions.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bearss, Edwin
- Date of Issue
- 1967-06-30
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Division of History
- Units
- CHOH , NCR
- Keywords
- Aqueduct, Canal Company, Charles Fisk, construction cost, dam, engineering, Hancock, labor, lock, National Road, transportation
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 045772: Great Tonoloway Creek Aqueduct