Tidewater Lock
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Waterway | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal |
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Country | USA |
State | Washington, D.C. |
Operation | Defunct |
Length | 54 m |
Width | 4 m |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
The Tidewater Lock is a dam[1] in Washington, D.C. to the west of the mouth of Rock Creek at the Potomac River, on the east side of Georgetown. It is sometimes listed as Lock 0 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. On historical canal documents, this is listed as "Tide Lock A".
Canal Documents sometimes list a "Tide Lock B" on section "I" which stood at the lockhouse at 17th and Constitution Ave NW. It was completed in 1834.[2]
Gallery
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Tidewater lock, downstream (outlet) gate pocket detail.jpg
View of downstream gate pocket where the canal joins the Potomac river
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Tidewater lock waste weir remains (Rock Creek) at end of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.jpg
Look at ruins of the waste weir, which adjoins the Tidewater lock.
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Tidewater lock with Watergate.jpg
Tidewater lock, with the notorious Watergate Complex in the background
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Unrau P, 213[full citation needed]