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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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1938
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gptkbp:charteredBy
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gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Virginia
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1938
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gptkbp:founded
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1825
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_Company
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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example of early American canal engineering
helped develop Potomac River Valley
major transportation route in 19th century
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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C&O Canal Company
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gptkbp:incorporated
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1825
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gptkbp:industry
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canal transportation
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:C&O_Canal_National_Historical_Park
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gptkbp:lengthOfCanal
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184.5 miles
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gptkbp:mainCargo
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gptkb:coal
agricultural products
lumber
building materials
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gptkbp:notableBuilding
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gptkb:Great_Falls_Tavern
gptkb:Monocacy_Aqueduct
gptkb:Paw_Paw_Tunnel
gptkb:Seneca_Aqueduct
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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bankruptcy in 1842
competition with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:Benjamin_Wright
gptkb:John_Mason
gptkb:Charles_F._Mercer
William Cost Johnson
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gptkbp:operates
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gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal
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gptkbp:purpose
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construct and operate the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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gptkbp:regionServed
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gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:West_Virginia
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gptkbp:rival
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gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad
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gptkbp:route
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gptkb:Potomac_River
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:United_States_Government
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_Company
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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