Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Commenced at Georgetown. July 4th 1828. Chief Engineer Benjamin Wright.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, 1850. President James M. Coale. Directors William A. Bradley, Henry Daingerfield, Wm. Cost Johnson, John Pickell, George Schley, Samuel P. Smith. Clerk Walter S. Bringgold. Treasurer Lawrence J. Brengle.
Maryland State Agents. Samuel Sprigg, Allen B. Davis, Wm. T. Goldsborough, Tench Tilghman, John Van Lear.
Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and the C&O Canal Towpath, N.W., on the right when traveling south on Wisconsin Avenue.
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