Potomac Canal Historic District

Potomac Canal Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Potomac Canal Historic District
nrhp_type = nhld


caption =
nearest_city= Great Falls, Virginia
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 15
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area = 25 acres
built =1786
architect= Multiple
architecture=
designated= December 17, 1982cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1811&ResourceType=District
title=Potomac (Potowmack)(Patowmack) Canal Historic District |accessdate=2008-04-24|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 18, 1979cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = National Park Service
refnum=79003038

Potomac Canal Historic District, also known as Patowmack Canal Historic District or Potowmack Canal Historic District, is at the Great Falls of the Potomac River and is part of Great Falls Park. It is located in Fairfax County, Virginia, and also in Maryland.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1982.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/79003038.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Potomac (Potowmack)(Patowmack) Canal Historic District] |32 KB|date=July 27, 1982 |author=James H. Charleton |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/79003038.pdf "Accompanying 7 photos, from 1979"] |32 KB]

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0424 Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal & Locks, Great Falls, Fairfax County, VA: 5 photos, 2 drawing, 45 data pages] , [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va1445 Lock No. 1: 14 photos, 1 drawing, and supplemental material] ; [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va Potowmack Company: Lock No. 2: 11 photos, 1 drawing] , at Historic American Building Survey; and [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va Potowmack Company: Locks No. 3, 4, 5: 4 photos] , at Historic American Building Survey


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