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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles above Tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD
Summary
Significance: The Lock Tender's House at "Four Locks", built in 1846, is the best preserved structure in this complex. It is distinctive in that it is one of the largest remaining two story brick houses along the canal. Others along the canal are of stone, wood frame, or log construction. Houses of this type, usually located adjacent to each of the locks, provided living quarters for the lock tender employee and his family.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-97
Survey number: HABS MD-215
Building/structure dates: 1846 Initial Construction
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Date
1846 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Carter, Donn, field team
Harris, William T, field team
Keune, Russell V, project manager
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Bobrow, Michael L, delineator
McDonald, Alan R, delineator
Wormuth, C Gustave, delineator
Hanna, John H, delineator
Location
maryland, 39.60065, -77.82055
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
