Patowmack Canal
Five canals in Maryland and Virginia, USA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Patowmack Canal, sometimes called the Potomac Canal, is a series of five inoperative canals located in Maryland and Virginia, United States, that was designed to bypass rapids in the Potomac River upstream of the present Washington, D.C., area. The most well known of them is the Great Falls skirting canal, whose remains are managed by the National Park Service since it is within Great Falls Park, an integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.[5]
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Potomac Canal Historic District | |
Location | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
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Nearest city | Great Falls, Virginia, U.S. |
Area | 25 acres (10 ha)[1] |
Built | 1786 (1786) |
Architect | Multiple |
NRHP reference No. | 79003038 |
VLR No. | 029-0211 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1979[2] |
Designated NHLD | December 17, 1982[3] |
Designated VLR | September 19, 1978[4] |
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The first section of the canal opened in 1795, and the canal ended operations in 1828.