Lock 22

The Pennyfield Lock and lockhouse are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated in the United States along the Potomac River from the 1830s through 1923.

Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.

Photo: Lorax, CC BY 4.0.

Type: Dam
Description: lock on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Travilah, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “C&O Canal Lock 22” and “Pennyfield Lock”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tobytown Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Travilah and Seneca.

Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. Travilah is situated 2 miles northeast of Lock 22.

Seneca

Hamlet

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Seneca is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is located near the intersection of River Road and Seneca Creek, not far from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and Potomac River. Seneca is situated 3 miles northwest of Lock 22.

Darnestown

Village

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Darnestown is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. The CDP is 17.70 square miles. As of the 2020 census, the Darnestown CDP had a population of 6,723, while the village of Darnestown is considerably smaller in size and population. Darnestown is situated 3½ miles north of Lock 22.

Lock 22

Category: lock
Location: Montgomery County, Capital Region, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.05372° or 39° 3′ 13″ north

Longitude

-77.28887° or 77° 17′ 20″ west

Elevation

174 feet (53 metres)

Open location code

87F43P36+FF

GeoNames ID

4360966

Wikidata ID

Q34863679

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lock 22” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lock 22”
French: “Lock 22”
German: “Lock 22”
Spanish: “Lock 22”

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Localities in the Area

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