Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal

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Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District
Great Bridge, Bridge (080115-A-5177B-001).jpg
The Great Bridge over the Canal
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal is located in Virginia
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Location Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area 1,704 acres (690 ha)
Built 1775
NRHP Reference # 04000035[1]
VLR # 131-5333
Significant dates
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

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  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying maps


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