Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal

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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
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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. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Geoffrey Henry (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying maps

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