Dozens came out to Lock 4 along the C&O Canal on Wednesday to wave goodbye to the beloved "Georgetown" boat while marking a new phase of restoration. Mules towed the boat away for a final time.
Troop 47 Life Scout Carter Kennedy is aiming to deliver a refinished canal buoy boat to the Town of Pendleton by late summer, in concert with area-wide commemorations of the Erie Canal bicentennial.
Restoration of the C&O Canal through Georgetown, a project being funded by the National Park Service, gets underway early next year, dry-docking the guided tour boat until 2025. But, tours will still ...
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A huge project to restore the historic C&O Canal in Georgetown recently reached a milestone – water began flowing in certain areas for the first time in about two years. That water ...
WASHINGTON — The southernmost portion of the historic C&O Canal is a step closer to realizing its former glory in D.C. On Thursday, big wooden gates that eventually will manage water flow between ...
It’s the highlight of the trip. The Josiah White II gets towed by mules in the Lehigh Canal at Hugh Moore Park in Easton and winds up at Lock 47. Passengers in the historic canal boat enter the lock, ...
A programme of extensive restoration at the Anderton Boat Lift, in the English county of Cheshire, has been paused after the ...
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park stretches 184 miles along the Potomac River, from the mouth of Rock Creek at Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Md. The canal attracts ...
It was late in 1953, and several individuals interested in the area’s history began to band. This was not to demonstrate or to protest some indignation or affront. No, this was to promote an aspect of ...
After a weekend-long journey, an 80-foot-long, 12-foot-wide, $1.5-million boat was spotted for the first time yesterday in the newly flowing Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in Georgetown. After three years of ...