Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
—National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
Here, in 1876, an engineering marvel was built. The largest incline plane in the world and the first built in the United States, carried canal boats to and from the Potomac River. The incline plane was used to help clear heavy boat traffic in Georgetown; canal boats often log-lammed while waiting to unload. Boats left the canal through a lock and entered the incline plane's large water-filled car; the water from the car was drained as two stone-filled, counter-balancing cars, moving in the opposite direction, lowered the boat 480 feet to the river, and on to its Georgetown port.HM Number | HM2EAQ |
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Series | This marker is part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal series |
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Placed By | National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 at 10:01pm PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 318504 N 4308761 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.90900000, -77.09321667 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 54.54', W 77° 5.593' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 54' 32.4" N, 77° 5' 35.58" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 202 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 4435 Canal Rd NW, Washington DC 20007, US |
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