Certain Papers And Documents On Construction Of Chesapeake And Ohio Canal Basin In Georgetown

Author : Thomas Chalmers Vint
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781527859333
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (593 download)

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Download or read book Outline Report of Architectural Work on the Restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for Recreational Use (Georgetown, D. C. , to Seneca, MD) (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Chalmers Vint and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outline Report of Architectural Work on the Restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for Recreational Use (Georgetown, D. C., To Seneca, MD) The restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for use as a recreational waterway presents a problem with a number of interesting elements. The Canal structures themselves are of a type, architecturally and structurally, so characteristic of their time that they have been taken as a guide in all the restoration work. In addition to such material evidence, there are also available, from the records obtained from the Canal Company when the property was acquired by the Government, the original specifications of 1828 that governed the design of the lock tenders' houses in the beginning. The historical interest in the Canal is so great that it seems justifiable to outline its major elements here. One of them lies in the fact that the C 0 Canal is a direct successor to the Canal of the Potomac Company. That waterway was surveyed, at least in part, by George Washington and was built, it seems clear, largely as a result of his personal efforts. It is pertinent to note that his interest in this matter became acute when he acquired, by grant from Virginia in recognition of his services to the colony in the French and Indian Wars, 1745 55, a large tract of land in the region of the Potomac headwaters. His shrewd mind at once perceived the importance of transportation between Western areas and tidewater, and there followed his suggestion of the canalization of the Potomac River. The actual work began in 1785, as soon as Opportunity offered after the end of the Revolutionary War. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.