Historic Structure Report, Historical Data - Masonry Locks, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Unrau HD. 1978. Historic Structure Report, Historical Data - Masonry Locks, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
This historic research report includes all seventy-four masonry lift-lock structures on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal running from tide-water at Georgetown to the terminus at Cumberland, Maryland. The period of historical significance of the masonry locks is from 1850 to 1924, representing the operating years of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The masonry locks are significant architectural and engineering resources because of the part they played in operating the canal's navigation system and the role of the canal in the transportation history of the country during that time. The locks were constructed to raise the water level of the canal as boats progressed from lower to higher elevations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Unrau, Harlan
- Date of Issue
- 1978-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- CHOH , NCR
- Keywords
- architecture, C & O Canal, canal, canal prism, construction specification, engineering, lift lock, lime, lock gate, locks, navigation, quarry, transportation, waterway
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 012704: Lock #11 , CRIS-HS: 012711: Lock #14 , CRIS-HS: 011813: Lock #37 , CRIS-HS: 011708: Lock #44 , CRIS-HS: 012767: Lock #45 , CRIS-HS: 012768: Lock #46 , CRIS-HS: 011714: Lock #47 - 1st of Four Locks , CRIS-HS: 011717: Lock #48 - 2nd of Four Locks , CRIS-HS: 011721: Lock #49 - 3rd of Four Locks , CRIS-HS: 011724: Lock #50 - 4th of Four Locks , CRIS-HS: 017233: Lock #51 , CRIS-HS: 012656: Lock 1 , CRIS-HS: 012702: Lock 10 , CRIS-HS: 012707: Lock 12 , CRIS-HS: 012709: Lock 13 , CRIS-HS: 012721: Lock 15 , CRIS-HS: 012725: Lock 16 , CRIS-HS: 012724: Lock 17 , CRIS-HS: 012727: Lock 18 , CRIS-HS: 012729: Lock 19 , CRIS-HS: 012660: Lock 2 , CRIS-HS: 012731: Lock 20 , CRIS-HS: 012735: Lock 21 , CRIS-HS: 012741: Lock 22 , CRIS-HS: 012747: Lock 23 , CRIS-HS: 012750: Lock 24 , CRIS-HS: 011601: Lock 25 , CRIS-HS: 011623: Lock 26 , CRIS-HS: 011629: Lock 27 , CRIS-HS: 011651: Lock 28 , CRIS-HS: 011658: Lock 29 , CRIS-HS: 012661: Lock 3 , CRIS-HS: 011671: Lock 30 , CRIS-HS: 011679: Lock 31 , CRIS-HS: 011683: Lock 32 , CRIS-HS: 011808: Lock 33 , CRIS-HS: 011687: Lock 34 , CRIS-HS: 011693: Lock 35 , CRIS-HS: 000167: Lock 36 , CRIS-HS: 011703: Lock 38 , CRIS-HS: 017231: Lock 39 , CRIS-HS: 012663: Lock 4 , CRIS-HS: 000170: Lock 40 , CRIS-HS: 011827: Lock 41 , CRIS-HS: 011829: Lock 42 , CRIS-HS: 012878: Lock 43 , CRIS-HS: 012684: Lock 5 , CRIS-HS: 011728: Lock 52 , CRIS-HS: 012803: Lock 53 , CRIS-HS: 012810: Lock 54 , CRIS-HS: 012813: Lock 55 , CRIS-HS: 012820: Lock 56 , CRIS-HS: 012824: Lock 57 , CRIS-HS: 012829: Lock 58 - 1st. of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 012832: Lock 59 - 2nd. of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 012686: Lock 6 , CRIS-HS: 011735: Lock 60 - 3rd. of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 011736: Lock 61 - 4th. of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 011738: Lock 62 - 5th of 13 Composite Locks. , CRIS-HS: 011741: Lock 63 1/3 - 6th of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 011742: Lock 64 2/3 - 7th of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 045642: Lock 66 - 8th of 13 Composite Locks , CRIS-HS: 013010: Lock 67 - Darbey's Lock , CRIS-HS: 011745: Lock 68 , CRIS-HS: 011751: Lock 69 , CRIS-HS: 012691: Lock 7 , CRIS-HS: 011753: Lock 70 - 12th of 13 Composite , CRIS-HS: 011756: Lock 71 - 13th of 13 Composite , CRIS-HS: 011760: Lock 72 , CRIS-HS: 011764: Lock 73 , CRIS-HS: 011767: Lock 74 , CRIS-HS: 011771: Lock 75 , CRIS-HS: 012694: Lock 8 , CRIS-HS: 012699: Lock 9