Konke Nge-Chesapeake ne-Ohio Canal National Historic Park
I- Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (i-C & O Canal) ipaki yomlando kazwelonke enomlando othakazelisayo ovela ekhulwini le-18. Ihamba ngamamitha angu-184.5 ngasenyakatho enyakatho yoMfula iPotomac , eqala eGeorgetown futhi iphela eCumberland, Maryland . I-towpath eduze ne-C & O Canal inikeza ezinye zezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuzilibazisa kwangaphandle endaweni yaseWashington DC. I-National Park Service inikeza ukugibela kwemikhumbi ye-canal kanye nezinhlelo zokuhumusha ama-ranger ngesikhathi sehlobo, ihlobo, nokuwa.
Ukuzijabulisa Ngaphandle kwe-C & O Canal
- Ukuhamba ngezintaba -Ezinye zezindawo ezihamba phambili zokujabulela imvelo, i-C & O Canal National Park inikeza indawo enhle futhi indawo elula kakhulu emigwaqweni yayo yokuhamba. Ukuze uthole ukunyuka okunzima nakakhulu, hlola i- Billy Goat Trail.
- Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili -Konke amakhilomitha angu-184 we-Towpath phakathi kweGeorgetown neCumberland, MD kungenziwa ibhayisikili. Amakhilomitha angu-20 okuqala yiwona asetshenziswa kakhulu. I-Capital Crescent Trail inikeza indawo evulekile ehambisana ne-Towpath esuka eGeorgetown kuya eBethesda. Ukuqashiswa kwebhayisikili kuyatholakala endleleni eya eFletchers Boat House (mayela 3.1).
- Ukudoba- Ilayisensi yokudoba iyadingeka kubantu abaneminyaka engu-16-65.
- Ukuhamba ngezimoto kanye nokuhamba nge- Kayaking -Canoeing kanye ne-Kayaking kutholakala ezindaweni ezivela eGeorgetown kuya eViletlet Lock (i-mile 22). Izikebhe zingaqasha eS Swains Lock naseFletchers Cove. Izikebhe ezihamba ngezinyawo azivunyelwe.
- Ukugibela amahhashi -AmaHhovisi angaphathwa ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-160 emakhilomitha angu-184.5 we-towpath. Awuvunyelwe phakathi kweGeorgetown (i-mile 0) ne-Swains Lock (i-mile 16.6) noma i-Offutt Street (i-181.8 km) ukuya eCumberland (i-184.5 km). Abagibeli bemikhumbi banomthwalo wokukhipha umquba.
- Ukubhukuda akuvunyelwe.
Amasevisi Wezivakashi Zama-C & O
- IGeorgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Isikhungo sohambeli sifinyeleleka kusukela ku-30th Street.
- I-Great Falls Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Kukhona imali yokungena ($ 5 ngemoto ngayinye, u-$ 3 umuntu ngamunye uma unyawo noma ibhayisikili) ukungena epaki. Ukugibela umkhumbi we-mule-drawn drawn mule kunikelwa ngezikhathi ezifudumele zonyaka. I-Visitor Centre yakhiwe njengendlu ye-locktender futhi namuhla ibonisa imibukiso exhumanayo ngomlando we-canal.
- Brunswick - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. I-Visitor Centre ibonisa imiboniso eqokomisa umlando wokuthutha wendawo kufaka iBrunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. I-Visitor Center itholakala esitolo esidala eduze kweBasin Cushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. I-Bowles House yomlando iyisikhungo esisha se-Hancock futhi isihlinzeka ngezikhangiso ezihlukahlukene zomlando.
- I-Cumberland - Western Rail Station Station, Igumbi 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Imibukiso echazayo emlandweni wezokuthutha wendawo ihlala kwi-1913 yase-Western Cape Railway Station.
Umlando we-C & O Canal
Phakathi nekhulu le-18 nele-19, iGeorgetown ne- Aleksandriya kwakuyizichweba ezinkulu zokusabalalisa ugwayi, okusanhlamvu, i-whisky, amafurs, amatshe nezinye izinto. I-Cumberland, Maryland yayingumkhiqizi oyinhloko walezi zinto futhi uhlaka lwe-184.5 wamamayela eMfula iPotomac kwakuwumzila omkhulu wokuthutha phakathi kweCumberland ne- Chesapeake Bay . Izimpophoma ezisePomomac, ikakhulukazi i-Great Falls ne-Little Falls, zenze ukuhamba kwezimoto kungenakwenzeka.
Ukuze kuxazululwe le nkinga, onjiniyela badala i-C & O Canal, uhlelo lokukhiya oluhamba phambili emfuleni ukuze lunikeze indlela yokuhambisa impahla emfuleni ngesikebhe. Ukwakhiwa kwe-C & O Canal kwaqala ngo-1828 kanti izikhiye ezingu-74 zaqedwa ngo-1850. Uhlelo lokuqala lwaluwukukhulisa umsele emfuleni i-Ohio, kodwa lokho akuzange kwenzeke ngoba ekugcineni umgwaqo weBaltimore & Ohio (B & O) beka umsele ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa. I-canal yaqhutshwa kusukela ngo-1828 kuya ku-1924. Amakhulu ezinhlaka zangempela, kuhlanganise ukukhiya nezinsimbi zokuvala, namanje zimile futhi zisikhumbuze ngomlando we-canal. Kusukela ngo-1971 umsele usuke ube ipaki kazwelonke, unikeza indawo ukujabulela ngaphandle futhi ufunde ngomlando wesifunda.