The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park

The Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal is one of the most intact and impressive survivals of the American canal-building era. The C&O Canal is unique in that it remains virtually unbroken and without substantial modification affecting its original character for ...

Saltsburg Canal Park

Site of PA. main line canal 1829-1864

In Saltsburg were two boatyards, warehouses, lift lock no. 8 & A turning basin. Salt was shipped from wells nearby. Passengers traveled on packet boats. One of these was owned & operated by J.M. ...

Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park

Historical Significance

Dug by hand, mostly be Irish immigrants, the 66 mile D & R Canal was completed in 1834. 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the canal originally had 14 locks to raise and lower boat traffic.

Canal Park

The Ohio-Erie Canal, the most important development in the county's early years, was started July 4, 1825 near Newark. The canal passed through Waverly along US 23 and portions of it can still be seen in Waverly today. Only four ...

Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park

Historical Significance

Dug by hand, mostly by Irish immigrants, the 66 mile D & R Canal was completed in 1834. 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the canal originally had 14 locks to raise and lower boat traffic.