Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_commemorative_obelisk.jpg/220px-Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_commemorative_obelisk.jpg) C&O Canal commemorative obelisk in 2022 |
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Location | Washington, D.C. |
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Type | Obelisk |
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Material | Marble |
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Height | 8 foot |
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Opening date | 1850 |
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Restored date | 2005 |
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Dedicated to | Completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland |
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8-foot (2.4 m) marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland.[1] It stands on the northwest corner of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the canal in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.[1]
Description
The monument is inscribed on all four sides:[1]
- Northeast: “CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL./ Commenced at Georgetown./ July 4TH 1828./ Chief Engineer / BENJAMIN WRIGHT.”
- Northwest: “CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL./ COMPLETED TO CUMBERLAND./ OCTR. 10TH 1850./ CHIEF ENGINEER/ CHARLES B. FISK.”
- Southeast: CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL/ COMPANY 1850/ President/ JAMES M. COALE./ Directors / WILLIAM A. BRADLEY,/ HENRY DAINGERFIELD,/ WM. COST JOHNSON,/ JOHN PICKELL,/ GEORGE SCHLEY,/ SAMUEL P. SMITH,/ Clerk/ WALTER S. RINGOL, / Treasurer / LAWRENCE J. BRENGLE.”
- Southwest: “MARYLAND STATE AGENTS./ SAMUEL SPRIGG,/ ALLEN B. DAVIS, WM. T. GOLDSBOROUGH, TENCH TILGHMAN, JOHN VAN LEAR.”
History
The obelisk was restored in 2005.[1]