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Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Annapolis to Maryland's Eastern Shore

Chesapeake Bay Bridge from Annapolis to Maryland's Eastern Shore

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency not held by the Library. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M.... More

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

A memoir on the rise, progress, and present state of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, accompanied with original documents and maps.

A memoir on the rise, progress, and present state of the Chesapeake an...

Shoemaker 5461 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80,...

Significance: The Conococheague Creek Aqueduct was the fifth of eleven masonry aqueduct constructed along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It was the last and most ornate of the system's five multiple span aqued... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80,...

Significance: The Conococheague Creek Aqueduct was the fifth of eleven masonry aqueduct constructed along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It was the last and most ornate of the system's five multiple span aqued... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Engine House, Along south end Thurmond, west of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Engine House, Along south end Thurmond, we...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HAER WV-42-B Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Catoctin Creek Aqueduct, 51.5 miles above tidewater, Point of Rocks, Frederick County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Catoctin Creek Aqueduct, 51.5 miles above tid...

Survey number: HABS MD-753 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in foreground]

[Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Paw-Paw Tunnel, 155.2 - 155.8 miles above tidewater, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Paw-Paw Tunnel, 155.2 - 155.8 miles above tid...

See HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Survey number: HABS MD-810

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Monocacy Aqueduct, 42.2 Miles above Tidewater (above Lock 27), Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Monocacy Aqueduct, 42.2 Miles above Tidewater...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS MD-19 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock No. 49, 108.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock No. 49, 108.8 miles above tidewater, Wil...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Lockhouse Chesapeake and Ohio canal

Lockhouse Chesapeake and Ohio canal

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Maryland heights from towpath. Inscribed under title: Lock on the Canal. Date inscribed twice, once under signature, once below image. ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Charles Mill, 106.0 miles above tidewater (above Lock 44), Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Charles Mill, 106.0 miles above tidewater (ab...

Significance: Charles' Mill, located on the berm side of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 108 miles above tidewater, is one of the few remaining examples of an economic reason for the canal's existence. The flour... More

Grand River Avenue Bridge, Spanning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Grand River Avenue, Novi, Oakland County, MI

Grand River Avenue Bridge, Spanning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Gran...

Significance: This is the sixth longest concrete "camelback" girder bridge left in Michigan. It created a grade separation for Grand River Avenue, which at the time of construction was part of US Route 16 link... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station, U.S. Route 250 & Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Station, U.S. Route 250 & Chesapeake & Ohio ...

Significance: Built in 1915 to serve the Edgehill School for Young Ladies, the Shadwell depot represents the typical small station of the C&O and other American railroads built at the turn of the century. Unpr... More

For Ft. Fisher direct. The Expedition leaving the Chesapeake

For Ft. Fisher direct. The Expedition leaving the Chesapeake

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.534) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Antietam Creek Aqueduct, 69.4 miles above tidewater, Antietam, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Antietam Creek Aqueduct, 69.4 miles above tid...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House, Lock 37, 67.0 miles above tidewater, Antietam, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House, Lock 37, 67.0 miles abov...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dry Dock at Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewater, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Dry Dock at Lock 35, 62.3 miles above tidewat...

Survey number: HABS MD-885 Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Mule Barn, Four Lock Road, Clear Spring, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Mule Barn, Four Lock Road, Clear Spring, Wash...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HAER MD-28

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Aqueduct No. 1, Riley's Lock Road Vicinity, State Route 190, Seneca, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Aqueduct No. 1, Riley's Lock Road Vicinity, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-46 Survey number: HABS MD-57-B

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 31, 58.0 miles above tidewater (U.S. Route 340 Vicinity), Weverton, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 31, 58.0 miles above tidewa...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-126 Survey number: HABS MD-756

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Iron Bridge at Lock No. 68, Mile 164.82 of C & O Canal National Park, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Iron Bridge at Lock No. 68, Mile 164.82 of C ...

Significance: Similar in purpose to other bridges along the canal, this bridge carried traffic over the canal to farmlands and to a ferry on the Potomac River which crossed from Maryland to West Virginia and a ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Town Creek Aqueduct, 162.3 miles above tidewater, southwest of State Route 51, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Town Creek Aqueduct, 162.3 miles above tidewa...

See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Survey number: HABS MD-813

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, White's Ferry Iron Bridge, Mile 35.49 of C & O Canal National Park, Martinsburg, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, White's Ferry Iron Bridge, Mile 35.49 of C & ...

Significance: Similar in its purpose to other bridges along the canal, this bridge carried traffic over the canal to farmlands and to a ferry on the Potomac River which crossed from Maryland to Virginia. The b... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, 175.6 miles above tidewater, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, 175.6 miles a...

See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Significance: The Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, the last lift lock and house along the canal, is one of three such log houses located at the up... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 50, 108.9 Miles above Tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 50, 108.9 Miles a...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-98 Survey number: HABS MD-216

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 28, 48.9 miles above tidewater, Point of Rocks, Frederick County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 28, 48.9 miles above tidewa...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-88 Survey number: HABS MD-750

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills Street, Saint Michaels, Talbot County, MD

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills S...

Significance: This vessel represents one of the oldest and last boats in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER MD-77 Buildin... More

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills Street, Saint Michaels, Talbot County, MD

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills S...

Significance: This vessel represents one of the oldest and last boats in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER MD-77 Buildin... More

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills Street, Saint Michaels, Talbot County, MD

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills S...

Significance: This vessel represents one of the oldest and last boats in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER MD-77 Buildin... More

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills Street, Saint Michaels, Talbot County, MD

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills S...

Significance: This vessel represents one of the oldest and last boats in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER MD-77 Buildin... More

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills Street, Saint Michaels, Talbot County, MD

Two-Sail Bateau E. C. COLLIER, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mills S...

Significance: This vessel represents one of the oldest and last boats in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HAER MD-77 Buildin... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle & Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouth...

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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle & Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouth...

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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle & Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouth...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle & Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouth...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewater, Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewater, Dickerso...

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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewater, Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 26, 39.4 miles above tidewater, Dickerso...

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River Bridge, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 16, Great Falls, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 16, Great Falls, Montgomery...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS MD-56-K

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Tilghman, Talbot County, MD

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Tilghman, Talbot County, MD

KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau "Skipjack", Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Ti...

Significance: National Historic Landmark. This vessel is one of the oldest skipjacks in the Maryland oyster dredging fleet and is of unusual construction, having a V-bottom construction, but with a rounded chi... More

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all the principal waters, public roads, and divisions of the counties therein; describing the situation of the cities, towns, villages, houses of worship and other public buildings, furnaces, forges, mills, and other remarkable places; and of the Federal Territory; as also a sketch of the State of Delaware shewing the probable connexion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays.

Map of the State of Maryland laid down from an actual survey of all th...

Scale ca. 1:300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes "Plan of the city of Washington and Territory of Columbia" and a dedication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More

Tow path, C & O Canal, near Washington

Tow path, C & O Canal, near Washington

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Sunset on the Potomac, near Washington

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Sunset on the Potomac, near Washington

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picking crabs for market, on banks of Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Picking crabs for market, on banks of Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

African Americans picking meat out of crabs. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6893. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans; Ph. Ind.

C. & O. Ry. [i.e. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway] at Sandstone Falls, West Virginia.

C. & O. Ry. [i.e. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway] at Sandstone Falls, Wes...

Public domain photograph - railway tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Every one of these youngsters went into work when the whistle blew, noon June 15, 1911, in the Chesapeake Knitting Mills, Berkley, Virginia See also photos and labels 2245 to 2249. Following are some of their names; (youngest refused to give names): Otto, Lowe, 78 Seaboard Ave. Finishing Room. D.M. Deschields, 25 Phillip St. So, Norfolk, Winding Room. Oscar Weston, 1320 Berkley Ave. Totes work. Lonnie Wommack, Hawthorn Ave., So. Norfolk, Winding Room. Jack Harrell, 66 Perry St., So. Norfolk, Finishing Room. Waverley Roseberry, 250 St. James St., So. Norfolk, Winding Room. Charlie McHorney, 4 Poindexter St., So. Norfolk, Winding Room.  Location: Berkley, Virginia.

Every one of these youngsters went into work when the whistle blew, no...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL. CANAL BOAT

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL. CANAL BOAT

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Walter Reed outing, Chesapeake Beach, [Maryland], July 1919

Walter Reed outing, Chesapeake Beach, [Maryland], July 1919

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Walter Reed outing, Chesapeake Beach

Walter Reed outing, Chesapeake Beach

Bathers in water and on pier; man with camera. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: U.S. Military Medical Care. National Photo Company Collection (Library... More

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Fritzie and Norma by the C&O canal bank

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Fritzie and Norma by the C&O canal ba...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Barge on canal with building on bank II

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Barge on canal with building on bank ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P plant at Wisconsin Ave. and Warren St. II

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P plant at Wisconsin Ave. ...

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Shenandoah Valley. Chesapeake and Western Railroad runs through the Valley, seventeen miles in length

Shenandoah Valley. Chesapeake and Western Railroad runs through the Va...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P building at 1306 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, Virginia I

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. C&P building at 1306 Mt. Ver...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Stewart & Co., business in Reisterstown Rd. Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland. Restaurant III (Chesapeake Room), to counter

Stewart & Co., business in Reisterstown Rd. Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Costumed interpreter with a mule on the canal towpath at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland

Costumed interpreter with a mule on the canal towpath at the Chesapeak...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 14, Cabin John, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 14, Cabin John, Montgomery ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View from above of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge

View from above of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 54, Deneen Road, Hancock, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 54, Deneen Road, Hancock, Washington Cou...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carol M. Highsmith - Chesapeake Bay bridge, Maryland

Carol M. Highsmith - Chesapeake Bay bridge, Maryland

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Great Falls Tavern, Lock 20, MacArthur Boulevard Vicinity, Great Falls, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Great Falls Tavern, Lock 20, MacArthur Boulev...

See HABS No. DC-147 for a list of other Chesapeake & Ohio Canal structures. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41, FN-42 Survey number: HABS MD-56-R

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Coaling Station, Astride tracks west end Thurmond Yards, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Coaling Station, Astride tracks west end T...

Significance: The station was equipped with type UL undercut gates with hooded aprons. The coaling aprons were properly counterweighted and had heavy hoods for deflecting the coal directly into the tender. Th... More

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol Street, NE, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse, 1111 North Capitol S...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse is significant for its role in the development and maintenance of Washington, DC's telephone network by the Chesapeake & Potomac (C&P) Telephon... More

Old Academy, State Routes 625 & 170, Hickory, Chesapeake, Virginia

Old Academy, State Routes 625 & 170, Hickory, Chesapeake, Virginia

Survey number: HABS VA-227 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, Milepost 99.80,...

Significance: The Conococheague Creek Aqueduct was the fifth of eleven masonry aqueduct constructed along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. It was the last and most ornate of the system's five multiple span aqued... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 33 Complex, 60.7 miles above tidewater, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock 33 Complex, 60.7 miles above tidewater, ...

Survey number: HABS MD-762 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 72, 174.4 miles above tidewater, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 72, 174.4 miles above tidew...

See HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-62 Survey number: HABS MD-818

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Catoctin Creek Aqueduct, 51.5 miles above tidewater, Point of Rocks, Frederick County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Catoctin Creek Aqueduct, 51.5 miles above tid...

Survey number: HABS MD-753 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Monocacy Aqueduct, 42.2 Miles above Tidewater (above Lock 27), Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Monocacy Aqueduct, 42.2 Miles above Tidewater...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS MD-19 Building/structure dates: 1833 Initial Construction

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M...

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. Unproc... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Stop Lock at Dam 4, Dam 4 Road, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Stop Lock at Dam 4, Dam 4 Road, Williamsport,...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS MD-57-H

Grand River Avenue Bridge, Spanning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Grand River Avenue, Novi, Oakland County, MI

Grand River Avenue Bridge, Spanning Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Gran...

Significance: This is the sixth longest concrete "camelback" girder bridge left in Michigan. It created a grade separation for Grand River Avenue, which at the time of construction was part of US Route 16 link... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbriar River, Hinton, Summers County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbr...

Significance: The extant passenger depot is the fourth structure built in Hinton for the C&O. It was erected following a 1913 fire that destroyed the 1891 brick depot. This reconstructed station was built in ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 27, 41.5 miles above tidewater, Dickerson, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 27, 41.5 miles above tidewa...

Survey number: HABS MD-748 Public domain photograph of a cabin interior, small room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Antietam Creek Aqueduct, 69.4 miles above tidewater, Antietam, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Antietam Creek Aqueduct, 69.4 miles above tid...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Structures at Dam 3, Approximately 62 miles above tidewater, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Structures at Dam 3, Approximately 62 miles a...

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Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Pump House, South side of Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Chesapeake City, Cecil County, MD

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Pump House, South side of Chesapeake & De...

Significance: The two high-pressure, single cylinder beam engines, built by Merrick & Sons of Philadelphia, are the earliest American built stationary steam engines on their original foundations in the United S... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Aqueduct No. 1, Riley's Lock Road Vicinity, State Route 190, Seneca, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Aqueduct No. 1, Riley's Lock Road Vicinity, S...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-46 Survey number: HABS MD-57-B

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles above Tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles a...

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 ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles above Tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 48, 108.9 Miles a...

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 ... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Israel Creek Aqueduct, 58.1 miles above tidewater, Lock 31 vicinity, Weverton, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Israel Creek Aqueduct, 58.1 miles above tidew...

Survey number: HABS MD-758 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Repair Shop at Lock 20, Great Falls, Montgomery County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Repair Shop at Lock 20, Great Falls, Montgome...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-43 Survey number: HABS MD-57-D

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, 175.6 miles above tidewater, Cumberland, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, 175.6 miles a...

See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Significance: The Lock Tender's House at Lock 75, the last lift lock and house along the canal, is one of three such log houses located at the up... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 68, 164.8 miles above tidewater, Oldtown, Allegany County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 68, 164.8 miles above tidew...

See also HABS No. DC-147 for list of other C&O Canal structures. Survey number: HABS MD-814

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, 99.8 miles above tidewater, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Conococheague Creek Aqueduct, 99.8 miles abov...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-128 Survey number: HABS MD-224

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 28, 48.9 miles above tidewater, Point of Rocks, Frederick County, MD

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Lockhouse at Lock 28, 48.9 miles above tidewa...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-88 Survey number: HABS MD-750

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