"Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I just watched a well made documentary about biking along the
>Chesapeake and Ohio canal. It has some interesting historic film of
>the canal in use, and shows the great views seen from the canal. It's
>available on Googlevideo here:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/hqutp
>
>I don't know why nobody has bothered to restore the canal to it's
>former glory. Most of the structures are in excelent condition, and
>has a good few miles still in water, it even has gates on some of the
>locks!
The reason is that this canal, especially in its upper reaches IIRC,
is/was very vulnerable to flood damage, and I think much of it there
has been destroyed.
However, I agree it has a lot more unfulfilled potential from
restoration at its downstream end (it used to join the Potomac in the
heart of Washington DC).
I went on a mule-drawn trip barge on it once. Wonderful. I also saw
what I think is the film you mention, at the interpretation centre.
There was a great shot of operating one of the locks. The paddles are
butterfly valves (like in a carburettor), and go from fully closed to
fully open with a 1/4 turn of a horizontal windlass!
Adrian
Adrian Stott
07956-299966
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