Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal

Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Great Bridge over the Canal
Location:	Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia
Coordinates:	36°43′34″N 76°6′33″W
Area:	1,704 acres (690 ha)
Built:	1775
Governing body:	Federal
NRHP Reference#:	04000035
Added to NRHP:	February 11, 2004

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.

Source

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