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 between , and .
  • 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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was built in 1922…
2 miles west of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Places in the Area

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is an incorporated town in , United States.
is an unincorporated community on U.S. Route…
2 miles west of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
is an unincorporated community and…
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
Geo­Names ID
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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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