Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal

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
Location	Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia
Coordinates	36°43′34″N 76°6′33″W / 36.72611°N 76.10917°WCoordinates: 36°43′34″N 76°6′33″W / 36.72611°N 76.10917°W
Area	1,704 acres (690 ha)
Built	1775
NRHP Reference #	04000035[1]
VLR #	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

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

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. 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