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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Floods
Photo of flood of January 1996 at lockhouse six
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The C&O Canal has been damaged by many floods over the years.

The C&O Canal parallels the Potomac River; therefore it has always been susceptible to flooding. Devastation from floods eventually put the canal out of business as a commercial operation. 

 

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Flood photographs
Photo Monocacy Aqueduct along C&O Canal.  

Did You Know?
Aqueducts are water filled bridges. Aqueducts carried the canal and boat traffic over major waterways, like rivers. Of the 11 aqueducts built along the canal, the Monocacy Aqueduct is the longest at 516 feet, its seven arches constructed mainly of stone quarried from nearby Sugarloaf Mountain.

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Last Updated: July 23, 2006 at 19:46 EST