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Protecting the Canal since 1954

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association is an independent, all-volunteer citizens organization established in 1954 to help conserve the natural and historical environment of the C&O Canal and the Potomac River Basin. The association works with the National Park Service in its efforts to preserve and promote the 184-mile towpath.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Lock 12, one the of the Seven Locks, 14 to 8, Montgomery County Maryland.
The lock was reportedly rebuilt in 1871-72. The lock house was originally a stone one serving locks 12 through 14, and located at 13, but these other two locks received wooden frame ones later. Both of those were destroyed due to deterioration after 1939. The stone lock 13 house was destroyed for construction of the Capitol Beltway.
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Lock House 11 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, built about 1830. It sits on the towpath side of the canal adjacent to the lock, in the area of Seven Locks, and is open for overnight rental for those going the distance on the canal. Montgomery County Maryland. ... See MoreSee Less

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