Ihe nile gbasara Chesapeake na Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C & O Canal) bụ ogige ntụrụndụ mba nke nwere akụkọ na-akpali mmasị nke dị na narị afọ nke 18. Ọ na-agba kilomita 184.5 n'akụkụ ebe ugwu nke Osimiri Potomac , malite na Georgetown ma kwụsị na Cumberland, Maryland . Thewpath tinyere C & O Canal na-enye ụfọdụ ebe kacha mma maka ntụrụndụ n'èzí na Washington DC. Ụlọ ọrụ National Park Service na-enye ndị na-agba ọsọ ụgbọ mmiri na ndị na-akọwa ihe omume n'oge opupu ihe ubi, ọkọchị, na ọdịda.
Ntụrụndụ dị na C & O Canal
- Ije ije - Otu n'ime ebe kachasị mma nke ebe a na-enwe mmasị na ọdịdị ụwa, C & O Canal National Park na-enye ọmarịcha ntụrụndụ na ala dị mfe n'ọtụtụ ụzọ ụkwụ ya. Maka ugwo ihe siri ike, lelee Billy Goat Trail.
- Ịnyịnya ibu -ogologo okporo ụzọ Towpath dị kilomita 184 site na Georgetown na Cumberland, MD nwere ike ịnweta. Ihe dị ka kilomita 20 kachasị mma. Okporo Ụzọ E Si Nweta Okporo Ụzọ na- enye otu oghere a na-ahụ anya nke dị na Towpath si Georgetown ruo Bethesda. Ulo ugbo ala di na uzo na Fletchers Boat House (mile 3.1).
- Azu - A chọrọ ikike ịkụ azụ maka ndị dị afọ 16-65.
- Ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri na Kayaking - Ịzụ ụgbọ na kayaking na-ewu ewu na ngalaba site Georgetown na Violettes Lock (mile 22). Enwere ike ịgbazite ụgbọ mmiri na Swains Lock na Fletchers Cove. A machibidoro ụgbọ mmiri ebubo.
- Ịnyịnya ịnyịnya ibu - A na-agbanye ụgbọ ịnyịnya ihe dị ka kilomita 160 site na towpath 184.5. A naghị ekwe ha n'etiti Georgetown (mile 0) na Swains Lock (mile 16.6) ma ọ bụ site na Offutt Street (mile 181.8) na Cumberland (kilomita 184.5). Ndị na-agba ịnyịnya na-arụ ọrụ maka ịchụpụ nri anụ.
- A machibidoro igwu egwu.
Ụlọ Ọrụ C & O Canal Visitor
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Enwere ike ịnweta ebe obibi ndị ọbịa site na 30th Street.
- Nnukwu Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Enwere ego ịkwụ ụgwọ ($ 5 maka ụgbọala, $ 3 kwa onye na-agba ụkwụ ma ọ bụ igwe) iji banye n'ogige ahụ. A na-enye ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri na-agba ụgbọ mmiri n'oge ọnwa kachasị elu nke afọ. Ejiri Ụlọ Ọrụ Visitor dị ka ụlọ ndị na-ekpuchi ọnụ na taa na-egosiputa mmekọrịta mmekọrịta banyere akụkọ ihe mere eme nke osimiri.
- Brunswick - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Ụlọ ọrụ Visitor na-egosipụta ngosi nke akụkọ ihe mere eme njem nke mpaghara ahụ gụnyere okporo ụzọ okporo ígwè nke Brunswick.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. Ụlọ nleta na-abanye na ụlọ nkwakọba ihe ochie nke dị na Basin nke Cushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Isi St, Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Ụlọ ọrụ Bowles na-eje ozi dịka ụlọ ọrụ ọbịa nke Hancock ọhụrụ na-enye ọtụtụ ihe ngosi akụkọ ihe mere eme.
- Cumberland - Western Maryland Railway Station, Ime ụlọ 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Nkọwapụta dị na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke mpaghara ahụ dị n'ime ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè 1913 na Western Maryland.
Akụkọ banyere C & O Canal
N'ime narị afọ nke iri na asatọ na 19, Georgetown na Alexandria bụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị ukwuu maka ikesa ụtaba, ọka, whiskey, furs, osisi na ihe ndị ọzọ. Cumberland, Maryland bụ onye na - emepụta ihe ndị a na ebe dị kilomita 184.5 nke Osimiri Potoma bụ ụzọ isi njem dị n'etiti Cumberland na Chesapeake Bay . Mmiri ndị dị na Potomac, karịsịa Oké Osimiri ukwu na obere Falls, mere njem ụgbọ mmiri agaghị ekwe omume.
Iji dozie nsogbu a, ndị injinia mepụtara C & O Canal, usoro nke nwere mkpọchi nke jikọrọ aka na osimiri ahụ iji nye ụzọ iji wepụ ụgbọ mmiri gafee osimiri ahụ. Owuwu nke C & O Canal malitere na 1828 na 74 ngwongwo ka achoputara na afo 1850. Akpa mbu bu igbasa osimiri n'osimiri Ohia, mana nke a emeghi n'ihi na ihe ndi agha ugbua na Baltimore & Ohio (B & O) tinye canal site n'iji ya eme ihe. Awara mmiri ahụ malite na 1828 - 1924. Ọtụtụ narị ihe owuwu mbụ, gụnyere mkpọchi na ụlọ mkpọrọ, ka na-echetara anyị akụkọ ihe mere eme nke osimiri. Kemgbe afọ 1971, osimiri ahụ abụwo ogige ntụrụndụ, na-enye ebe ị ga-enwe mmasị n'èzí ma mụọ banyere akụkọ mpaghara ahụ.