Kaofela ka Chesapeake le Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C & O Canal) ke sebaka sa sechaba sa boikhathollo se tummeng sa histori se nang le histori e thahasellisang ho tloha lekholong la bo18 la lilemo. E na le lik'hilomithara tse 184.5 haufi le lebōpo le ka leboea la Nōka ea Potomac , ho tloha Georgetown le ho fela Cumberland, Maryland . The towpath hammoho le C & O Canal e fana ka libaka tse ntle ka ho fetisisa bakeng sa boithabiso ba ntle sebakeng sa Washington DC. National Park Service e fana ka lipalangoang tsa likepe le mekhatlo ea litlhaloso nakong ea selemo, lehlabula le ho oa.
Boithabiso Ho ea ho Canal ea C & O
- Mehaho -Sebaka se seng sa libaka tse ntle ka ho fetisisa tsa sebaka seo ho ka thabelang tlhaho, C & O Canal National Park e fana ka sebaka se setle sa sebaka se setle le sebaka se bonolo ho feta litsela tse ngata tsa ho tsamaea. Bakeng sa ho nyoloha ho thata, hlahloba Billy Goat Trail.
- Likoloi -Mothara e 184 ea Towpath pakeng tsa Georgetown le Cumberland, MD e ka tsamaisoa ka koloi. Lik'hilomithara tse 20 tsa pele ke tsona tse sebelisoang ka ho fetisisa. Motse oa Capital Crescent o fana ka sebaka se betliloeng se bapalang le Towpath ho tloha Georgetown ho ea Bethesda. Likoloi tsa rente tsa likoloi li fumaneha tseleng ea Fletchers Boat House (lik'hilomithara 3.1).
- Ho tšoasa litlhapi-Ho hlokahala tumello ea ho tšoasa batho ba lilemo li 16-65.
- Ho tsamaea ka sekepe le Kayaking -Kanoe le kayaking li tumme likarolong tse tsoang Georgetown ho ea Violettes Lock (maeto a 22). Liketsoane li ka hiriloe Swains Lock le Fletchers Cove. Likepe tse nang le likoloi li thibetsoe.
- Ho palama Likoloi- Lipere li ka tsamaisoa ka lik'hilomithara tse ka bang 184,5 ho ea ho tse ling. Ha ba lumelloa pakeng tsa Georgetown (mila 0) le Swains Lock (mila 16.6) kapa ho Offutt Street (mila 181.8) ho ea Cumberland (184.5 km). Batho ba tsamaeang ka litsela ba na le boikarabelo ba ho tlosa manyolo.
- Ho sesa ho thibetsoe.
Litsi tsa Ketelo tsa C & O tsa Canal
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Setsi sa baeti se fihlella ho tloha ka 30th Street.
- Great Falls Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Ho na le tefo ea ho kena ($ 5 ka koloi, $ 3 ka motho ka mong ha a tsamaea ka maoto kapa baesekele) ho kena pakeng. Ho palama seketsoana se tsamaeang ka likepe tse tsamaeang ka 'mino ho fanoa nakong ea likhoeli tse futhumetseng tsa selemo. Visitor Center e hahiloe e le ntlo ea locktender 'me kajeno e bonts'a lipontšo tse amanang le histori ea khalase.
- Brunswick - Seterateng sa 40 Potomac Street, Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Visitor Center e na le lipontšo tse hlalosang histori ea lipalangoang ea sebaka seo ho kopanyelletsa le Brunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. Moeti oa Lihlekehlekeng o teng sebakeng sa khale sa polokelo se haufi le Basin ea Cushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Sebaka sa khale sa Bowles House se sebeletsa e le setsi se secha sa bahahlauli ba Hancock 'me se fana ka lipontšo tse sa tšoaneng tsa histori.
- Cumberland - Bophirimela ba Western Railway Station, Room 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Lipontšo tse hlalosang tlaleho ea lipalangoang tsa sebaka sena li lula sebakeng sa khale sa 1913 sa Western Railway Station.
Histori ea C & O Canal
Lekholong la bo18 le la bo19 la lilemo, Georgetown le Alexandria e ne e le likou tse kholo tsa ho tsuba koae, lijo-thollo, whisky, furs, lifate le lintho tse ling. Cumberland, Maryland e ne e le moetsi oa bohlokoa oa lisebelisoa tsena 'me sebaka se bolelele ba lik'hilomithara tse 184,5 tsa Nōka ea Potomake e ne e le tsela e kholo ea lipalangoang pakeng tsa Cumberland le Chesapeake Bay . Liphororo tsa Potomac, haholo-holo Great Falls le Little Falls, li ile tsa etsa hore lipalangoang tsa likepe li se ke tsa khoneha.
Ho rarolla bothata bona, baenjiniere ba ile ba theha C & O Canal, mokhoa oa ho loka o neng o lekana le nōka ho fana ka mokhoa oa ho tsamaisa thepa ka tlas'a sekepe. Ho hahoa ha C & O Canal ho ile ha qala ka 1828 'me matlo a 74 a phethoa ka 1850. Morero oa pele e ne e le ho atolosa letamo ho ea Nōkeng ea Ohio, empa ha hoa ka ha e-ba joalo hobane katleho ea Terene ea Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) qetellong beha mokhoeng oo ntle ho tšebeliso. Letamo lena le ile la sebelisoa ho tloha ka 1828 ho fihlela ka 1924. Lilemo tse makholo tsa mehaho ea mathomo, ho kenyeletsoa lifate le likheo, li ntse li eme 'me li re hopotsa histori ea khalale. Ho tloha ka 1971, moeeng e bile sebaka sa sechaba sa boikhathollo, se fanang ka sebaka sa ho thabela ka ntle le ho ithuta ka histori ea sebaka seo.