Konke malunga ne-Chesapeake kunye ne-Ohio Canal National Historic Park
I- Chesapeake ne-Ohio Canal (i-C & O Canal) ipaki yomlando kazwelonke enomdla onomdla ovela kwikhulu le-18. Ihamba ngeekhilomitha ezili-184.5 ngasecaleni lomntla osenyakatho loMlambo wasePotomac , uqala eGeorgetown uze uphele eCumberland, eMaldin . I-towpath ecaleni kweC & O Canal inikezela ezinye zeendawo ezifanelekileyo zokuzonwabisa ezokungaphandle kwindawo yaseWashington DC. I-National Park Service inikezela ukukhwela kweekhephe kunye neeprogram zokuguqulwa kwentshukumo entwasahlobo, ihlobo, kunye nokuwa.
Unonophelo Ngaphandle kweC & O Canal
- Izintaba -Okunye kwimihlaba engcono kakhulu yokumamela uluntu, i-C & O yeSizwe yePakita yePalini inika indawo enhle kunye neendawo ezilula kwiindlela ezininzi zokuhamba. Ukunyuka komngeni onzima, khangela i- Billy Goat Trail.
- I-Biking- Iimitha ezili-184 ze-Towpath phakathi kweGeorgetown kunye neCumberland, MD ingaqhutyelwa. Iimitha ezili-20 zokuqala zisetyenziswa kakhulu. I-Capital Crescent Trail inikeza ubuso obomvu obuhamba ngokufana ne-Towpath ukusuka eGeorgetown ukuya eBetdada. Ukuqashwa kweebhayisikili kuyafumaneka kwi- Fletchers Boat House (imayela 3.1).
- Ukuloba- Ilayisenisi yokuloba iyadingeka kubantu abaneminyaka eyi-16-65.
- Ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye neKayaking -Inqanawa kunye ne-kayaking zithandwa kwiindawo ezivela eGeorgetown ukuya eViletlet Lock (i-mile 22). Iinqanawa zinokuqeshiswa kwi-Swains Lock kunye neFletchers Cove. Iinqwelo ezihamba ngeemoto zivumelekile.
- Ukugibela amaHhashi -IiHorses zikwazi ukugqithiselwa malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-184 kwiimitha ezili-184.5 ze-towpath. Awuvumelekanga phakathi kweGeorgetown (i-mile 0) kunye ne-Swains Lock (mile 16.6) okanye kwi-Street ye-Offutt (i-181.8 km) ukuya kwiCumberland (i-184.5 km). Abagibeli bamatyala banomthwalo wokukhupha umquba.
- Ukubanjwa akuvumelekile.
IiNkonzo zeeKhansela zeeKhanki zeC & O
- IGeorgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Isiko lesityeleli sifumaneka kwi-30 Street.
- Great Falls Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Kukho umrhumo wokungena (i-$ 5 ngesithuthi ngasinye, i-$ 3 ngomntu ngamnye ngeenyawo okanye ngebhayisikili) ukungena epakini. Ukukhwela kwinqanawa yokudonsa i-Mule yenziwa ngethuba ngexesha lokufudumala kweenyanga. I-Visitor Center yakhiwa njengendlu ye-locktender kwaye namhlanje ibonisa iimiboniso ezibandakanyekayo malunga nomlando we-canal.
- EBrunswick - kwi-40 yase-West Potomac Street eBrunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. I-Visitor Centre ibonisa iimbonakalo ezigqamisa imbali yokuthutha kwendawo kuquka neBrunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. I-Visitor Center ikhona kwindawo yokugcina impahla kunye neBasin kaCushwa.
- UHancock - 439 E. Eyintloko yaseSt., UHancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Umlando weBobles House ukhonza njengeziko elitsha leziko labavakalisi baseHancock kwaye linikeza iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zemiboniso.
- I-Cumberland - i-Western Rail Station Station, Igumbi 100, 13 I-Canal St., iCumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Imiboniso echazayo kwimbali yezothutho yendawo ihlala kwiSitishi se-Railway Station esingu-1913.
Imbali yeCal Canal
Ngexesha le-18 neye-19 leminyaka, iGeorgetown neAleksandria babeziihawu ezinkulu zokusabalalisa iteksi, izityalo, i-whisky, iifurs, imithi nezinye izinto. I-Cumberland, eMaldan yayingumvelisi oyintloko wale zinto kwaye u-184.5-e-elle kilomethi yoMlambo wasePomomac yindlela ehamba phambili yokuthutha phakathi kweCumberland ne- Chesapeake Bay . Imifudlana kwiPomomac, ngokukodwa i-Great Falls ne-Little Falls, yenza ukuhamba kweekhephe kungenakwenzeka.
Ukuyicombulula le ngxaki, iinjineli zakha i-C & O Canal, inkqubo ekhuselekileyo ehambelana nomlambo ukubonelela indlela yokuhambisa impahla phantsi komlambo ngesikebhe. Ukwakhiwa kwe-C & O Canal yaqala ngo-1828 kwaye ii-74 zokuvala zigqityiwe ngo-1850. Isicwangciso sokuqala sasinokwandisa umlambo ukuya kuMlambo wase-Ohio, kodwa akuzange kwenzeke ngenxa yokuba impumelelo ye-Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) ukubeka umjelo ngaphandle kokusetyenziswa. Umsele wasebenza ukusuka ngo-1828 ukuya ku-1924. Amakhulu amaqumrhu asekuqaleni, kuquka ukukhiya kunye nokuvalwa, asemayo aze asikhumbuze imbali yecala. Ukususela ngo-1971 umsele wenziwe ipaki kazwelonke, unikezela indawo yokuzonwabisa ngaphandle kwaye ufunde ngomlando wendawo.