Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: A remarkable engineering achievement of the early 19th century that played an important role in the development of Georgetown commerce, and stimulated trade and settlement of the interior.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-56
Survey number: HABS DC-147
Building/structure dates: ca. 1831 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Wright, Benjamin
Fisk, Charles B
Washington, George
Mercer, Charles C
Adams, J Q
Eisenman, George, photographer
Reiff, Daniel D, historian
Gwin, William R, historian
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.93809, -77.04493
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html