Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

The Great Bridge over the Canal
Path of the canal
Location	Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia
Coordinates	36°43′34″N 76°6′33″W / 36.72611°N 76.10917°W / 36.72611; -76.10917
Area	1,704 acres (690 ha)
Built	1775
NRHP reference No.	04000035^[1]
VLR No.	131-5333
Added to NRHP	February 11, 2004
Designated VLR	December 3, 2002^[2]

The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856-1860 to afford inland navigation between the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle Sound. It is really two canals, thirty miles (50 km) apart, one eight and one-half miles (13.7 km) long, connecting the Elizabeth River with the North Landing River in Virginia, and the other five and one-half miles (8.9 km) long, connecting the Currituck Sound with the North River in North Carolina.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

Sources

Dictionary of American History, by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Geoffrey Henry (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 10, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2019. and Accompanying four photos Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine and Accompanying maps Archived 2013-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

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