Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company was the 19th-century corporation responsible for financing, constructing, and operating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac River to facilitate transportation and commerce.

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Label Occurrences
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal company ⓘ
corporation ⓘ
transportation company ⓘ
activity constructing canal ⓘ
financing canal construction ⓘ
operating canal ⓘ
associatedWith Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park ⓘ
competedWith Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicRole freight transportation provider ⓘ
regional trade facilitator ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
geographicFocus Potomac River corridor ⓘ
historicalEra canal era in the United States ⓘ
industry canal transportation ⓘ
infrastructure construction ⓘ
infrastructureType artificial canal ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedInRiverValley Potomac River Valley ⓘ
locatedOn Potomac River ⓘ
mainWork Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ⓘ
linked to: C&O Canal
namedAfter Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
operatedAlong Potomac River ⓘ
operatedIn District of Columbia ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
product Chesapeake and Ohio Canal infrastructure ⓘ
linked to: C&O Canal
purpose facilitate commerce ⓘ
facilitate transportation ⓘ
servedCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
servedRegion Mid-Atlantic United States ⓘ
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
servedState Maryland ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
transportedCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
stone ⓘ
transportMode barge ⓘ
canal boat ⓘ
usedPowerSource mule-drawn boats ⓘ
usedTechnology lock canal system ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

C&O Canal → builtBy → Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company ⓘ
Great Falls Tavern → builtFor → Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company ⓘ