Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
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Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Historic District | |
Location | Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°43′34″N 76°6′33″W / 36.72611°N 76.10917°W |
Area | 1,704 acres (690 ha) |
Built | 1775 |
NRHP reference No. | 04000035[1] |
VLR No. | 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
[edit]- Dictionary of American History, by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940
References
[edit]- ^ 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
Categories:
- Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Canals on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Geography of Currituck County, North Carolina
- Intracoastal Waterway
- Geography of Chesapeake, Virginia
- Transportation in Currituck County, North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Currituck County, North Carolina
- Transportation in Chesapeake, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Chesapeake, Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina geography stubs
- Hampton Roads, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs