Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland, Maryland.- Canal
- Description: canal in Washington, D.C. and Maryland, United States
- Also known as“C & O Canal”“Chesapeake & Ohio Canal”“Chesapeake-und-Ohio Kanal”“Patowmack Canal”“Potomac Canal”“The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal”
- Abbreviations“C&O Canal”“C & O Canal”
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Williamsport High School
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Marlowe Elementary School
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2 miles west of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Williamsport and Marlowe.
Williamsport
Williamsport is an incorporated town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
Marlowe
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2 miles west of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Kemps Mill
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2½ miles north of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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Latitude
39.59332° or 39° 35′ 36″ north
Longitude
-77.82528° or 77° 49′ 31″ west
Open location code
87F4H5VF+8V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = canal
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Chesapeake and Ohio Canal” goes by many names.
قناة تشيسابيك وأوهايوArabic
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalCebuano
切萨皮克和俄亥俄运河Chinese
Cheasapeake og Ohio kanalenDanish
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalDanish
Chesapeake og Ohio kanalenDanish
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalDutch
تشيسابيك وقناة اوهايوEgyptian Arabic
תעלת צ’ספיק ואוהיוHebrew
チェサピーク・オハイオ運河Japanese
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalPolish
Kanał Chesapeake i OhioPolish
Чесапикско-Огайский каналRussian
Chesapeake and Ohio CanalSlovenian
prekop Chesapeake in OhioSlovenian
چساپیک اور اوہائیو کینالUrdu
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