Tidewater Lock
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| Tidewater Lock | |
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 Interactive map of Tidewater Lock | |
| 38°54′00″N 77°03′28″W / 38.8999°N 77.0578°W | |
| Waterway | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal |
| Country | USA |
| State | Washington, D.C. |
| Operation | Defunct |
| Length | 54 m |
| Width | 4 m |
The Tidewater Lock is a dam[1] in Washington, D.C., west of the mouth of Rock Creek at the Potomac River, on the east side of Georgetown. Built to connect the Potomac and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, opened in 1831, it was a busy maritime intersection during several decades of the canal's heyday. C&O documents refer to it as Lock 0 or Tide Lock A. Today, the lock marks Milestone 0 of the National Park Service's Chesapeake & Ohio Canal trail.[2]
Canal documents sometimes list a "Tide Lock B" on section "I", completed in 1834 by the lockhouse at 17th and Constitution Ave NW.[3]
Gallery
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View of downstream gate pocket where the canal joins the Potomac River -
Ruins of the waste weir, which adjoins the Tidewater lock -
Tidewater lock, with the Watergate complex in the background
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See also
References
- ^ "Tidewater Lock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
- ^ "C&O Canal Maps". Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. National Park Service. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ Unrau, Harlan D. (2007). Historic Resource Study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (PDF). Hagerstown, Md.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park. p. 213. LCCN 2007473571.
