Zvose Nezve Chesapeake uye Ohio Canal National Historic Park
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C & O Canal) inzvimbo yepamusoro yepaki yakasikwa ine nhoroondo inofadza inotangira kuma1800. Inomhanya 184.5 makiromita nechokuchamhembe kwekumusoro kweRwizi rwePotomac , kutanga kuGeorgetown uye kuguma kuCumberland, Maryland . Iko kunopfurikidza neC & O Canal inopa dzimwe nzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzekunakidzwa kwekunze munzvimbo ye Washington DC. I National Park Service inopa zvikepe zvechikepe zvinotasva uye mapurogiramu ekujekesa ranger munguva yechando, zhizha, nekuwa.
Zvokuvaraidza Pamusoro peC & O Canal
- Kufamba- Ndeimwe yenzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzenharaunda kuti unakidzwe nemasikirwo, C & O Canal National Park inopa nzvimbo dzakanaka uye nzvimbo iri nyore pamigwagwa yayo yose. Nokuda kwekukwirira kwakaoma, tarisa Billy Goat Trail.
- Biking -Zvose makiromita 184 kubva kuTowerpath pakati peGeorgetown neCumberland, MD inogona kushambadzirwa. Makiromita makumi maviri ekutanga ndiyo yakanyanya kushandiswa. The Capital Crescent Trail inopa nzvimbo yakavezwa yakafanana inofanana neTorpath kubva kuGeorgetown kusvika kuBhetesda. Zvikwereti zvebhasikidzi zviripo panzira paFletchers Boat House (makiromita 3.1).
- Kubata hove-Chirongwa chekubata hove chinodiwa kuvanhu vane makore 16-65.
- Kubhururuka neKaaking -Canoeing uye kayaking zvinozivikanwa muzvikamu kubva kuGeorgetown kusvika kuViletlet Lock (makiromita 22). Zvikepe zvinogona kuvakwa kuS Swains Lock uye Fletchers Cove. Ngarava dzemotokari dzinorambidzwa.
- Kutasva mabhosi -Horses inogona kukwidzwa pamakiromita anenge 160 kubva kuma184.5 makiromita ekuenda kune rimwe. Havabvumirwi pakati peGeorgetown (makiromita 0) uye Swains Lock (mairi 16.6) kana kubva kuOxutt Street (maira 181.8) kuCumberland (maira 184.5). Vatasvi vematasheni vane basa rokutora manyowa.
- Kubhabhatidza kunorambidzwa.
C & O Canal Visitor Centers
- Georgetown - 1057 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, Washington, DC (202) 653-5190. Nzvimbo yevashanyi inowanikwa kubva ku30th Street.
- Great Falls Tavern - 11710 MacArthur Blvd, Potomac, MD (301) 767-3714. Iko kune mari yekupinda ($ 5 pamotokari, $ 3 pamunhu paanenge ari netsoka kana bhasikoro) kupinda paki. Ngarava yakakonzerwa nemugwagwa inotasva inotorwa mukati memwedzi inopisa yegore. The Visitor Center yakavakwa seimba ye locktender uye nhasi inoratidza mazano ekubatanidza pamusoro pezvakaitika mumugwagwa.
- Brunswick - 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD (301) 834-7100. Visitor Centre inoratidza zviratidzo zvichiratidza nhoroondo yekufambisa kwenzvimbo iyo kusanganisira Brunswick Railroad.
- Williamsport - 205 W. Potomac St., Williamsport, MD (301) 582-0813. The Visitor Center iri mune imwe nzvimbo yekare yekuchengetedza iri pedyo neBushwa yeCushwa.
- Hancock - 439 E. Main St., Hancock, MD (301) 678-5463. Nhoroondo inonzi Bowles House inoshumira sehanzvadzi itsva yeHancock uye inopa maitiro akasiyana-siyana ezvakaitika kare.
- Cumberland - Western Maryland Railway Station, Room 100, 13 Canal St., Cumberland, MD (301) 722-8226 - Kujekesa kwenhoroondo yekutakura kwenharaunda yacho kunowanikwa munhoroondo ye1913 Western Maryland Railway Station.
Nhoroondo yeC & O Canal
Munguva yezana remakore rechi18 ne19, Georgetown neAreksandriya vaiva mazambuko makuru ekugovera fodya, zviyo, whiskey, furs, matanda nezvimwe zvinhu. Cumberland, Maryland yaiva chimiro chinokosha chezvinhu izvi uye 184.5-mamaire kutambanudzwa kweMvura yePotomac yaiva nzira huru yekufambisa pakati peCumberland neKeapeapeake Bay . Mvura yakadzika paPomomac, kunyanya Great Falls uye Little Falls, yakaita kuti zvikepe zvifambe zvisingakwanisi.
Kuti agadzirise dambudziko iri, injinjini dzakagadzira C & O Canal, chirongwa chekuvhara icho chakamhanya chakafanana nerwizi kuti chipe nzira yekuendesa zvinhu pasi murwizi nechikepe. Kuvakwa kweC & O Canal kwakatanga muna 1828 uye mabheji 74 akapedzwa muna 1850. Chirongwa chepakutanga chaiva chekuwedzera chironga ichienda kuRwizi rweOhio, asi izvozvo hazvina kumboitika nekuti kubudirira kweBaltimore & Ohio (B & O) Yenzira yeGariyuta pakupedzisira kuisa mureza kubva kushandiswa. Nzira iyi yakashandiswa kubva muna 1828 kusvika muna 1924. Mazana ezvigadzirwa zvepakutanga, kusanganisira kuvhara uye mavharosi, achiripo uye anotiyeuchidza nezvenhoroondo yemugwagwa. Kubvira muna 1971 mureza wakanga uri paki yepasi, uchipa nzvimbo yekufadzwa nekunze uye kudzidza nezvenhoroondo yenharaunda yacho.