Lock 23

Violette's Lock is 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: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Dam
Description: lock on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Darnestown, Maryland, United States
Also known as: “C&O Canal Lock 23”, “Violet’s Lock”, “Violette’s Lock”, and “Violettes Lock”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riley’s Lock and Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C..

Riley’s Lock

River

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Riley's Lock and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that operated from the 1830s through 1923 along the Potomac River in the United States.

Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C.

Golf course

Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C. is an 800-acre private golf club in the eastern United States, at Lowes Island in Potomac Falls, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C. It is part of the Trump chain of golf clubs that includes clubs in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Bedminster. Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C. is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Lock 23.

Seneca Quarry

Ruins

Photo: Garrettpeck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seneca Quarry is a historic site located at Seneca, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is located along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the north bank of the Potomac River, just west of Seneca Creek. Seneca Quarry is situated 1 mile west of Lock 23.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seneca and Lowes Island.

Seneca

Hamlet

Photo: Bohemian Baltimore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Lowes Island

Village

Lowes Island is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lowes Island had a population of 11,023. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community. Lowes Island is situated 2 miles southwest of Lock 23.

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 3 miles northeast of Lock 23.

Lock 23

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

39.06705° or 39° 4′ 1″ north

Longitude

-77.32887° or 77° 19′ 44″ west

Elevation

177 feet (54 metres)

Open location code

87F43M8C+RF

GeoNames ID

4360967

Wikidata ID

Q34863705

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lock 23” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Lock 23”
French: “Lock 23”
German: “Lock 23”
Spanish: “Lock 23”

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