Potomac Canal Historic District | |
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| Location | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Nearest city | Great Falls, Virginia, U.S. |
| Area | 25 acres (10 ha)[1] |
| Built | 1786 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003038 |
| VLR No. | 029-0211 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1979[3] |
| Designated NHLD | December 17, 1982[4] |
| Designated VLR | September 19, 1978[2] |
The Patowmack Canal, sometimes called the Potomac Canal, is a series of five inoperative canals located in Maryland and Virginia, United States, that was designed to bypass rapids in the Potomac River upstream of the present Washington, D.C., area. The most well known of them is the Great Falls skirting canal, whose remains are managed by the National Park Service since it is within Great Falls Park, an integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.[5]
The first section of the canal opened in 1795, and the canal ended operations in 1828.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nrhpinv2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Potomac (Potowmack)(Patowmack) Canal Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2008.
- ^ "Great Falls Timeline". National Park Service. Retrieved March 7, 2020.