Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:canal
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1966
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:C&O_Canal
gptkbp:built 1828
gptkbp:builtAlong gptkb:Potomac_River
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1924
gptkbp:completedIn 1850
gptkbp:currentUse recreation, tourism, historical preservation
gptkbp:designation gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:endPoint gptkb:Cumberland,_Maryland
gptkbp:historicalSignificance 19th-century transportation infrastructure
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
gptkbp:length 184.5 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 66000036
gptkbp:numberOfAqueducts 11
gptkbp:numberOfHoles 1
gptkbp:numberOfLocks 74
gptkbp:purpose transportation of coal, lumber, and agricultural products
gptkbp:startPoint Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:tunnelName gptkb:Paw_Paw_Tunnel
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list Yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benjamin_Wright
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4