Historic Structure Report, Historical Data - The Lockhouses, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park [Draft]
Unrau HD. 1975. Historic Structure Report, Historical Data - The Lockhouses, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park [Draft]. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
This report has been prepared to satisfy in part the research needs for the restoration and preservation of the lockhouses on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Previous to this report, numerous studies had been made on individual lockhouses. The purpose of this study is to expand on these reports and broaden their scope by including all available documentary information on the lockhouses in one document. It aims to address the general specifications of the lockhouses while pointing out significant variations in their design. The lockhouses on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal are significant architectural resources, illustrative of the social, cultural, and economic history of the waterway and surrounding area. The lock tenders who lived in these structures performed an important function in the canal operation, opening and closing the lock gates to pass the boats through the canal. As compensation for the service, they received the house, an acre of land for a garden, and 150 dollars a year. The construction of the lockhouses reflects the history of the construction of the canal and illustrates some of the difficulties that the Canal Company experienced in building the waterway. Report includes a timeline summary of documentary information from 1828 to 1940 and a list of lockhouses along the canal with location (by lock number), type of construction, and condition in fall 1963.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Unrau, Harlan
- Date of Issue
- 1975-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- CHOH , NCR
- Keywords
- canal, canal operation, construction specification, economics, engineering, Great Falls, lock house, lock keeper, navigation, occupation, residence, telegraph, transportation
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 070017: Stone Walkway - Officers' Row , CRIS-HS: 009495: Two Room Preserved Pueblo Compound
Series
See also
- The Lockhouses - Historical Data, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Preliminary Historical Memorandum on the Construction of Certain of the Lock Houses on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal between Georgetown and Seneca Creek