Only living survivors of Washington's Canal Project see it made a national parkway. Washington, , Feb. 22. The abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, once running barges from Georgetown, , to Frederick, , a canal first directed by George Washington before Washington was thought of as a city, was today dedicated as a National Parkway under the Interior Department. Assistant Secretary of Interior, Oscar Chapman - center - talked to the only living locktenders of the canal while a barge was run through lock no. 1. Left to Right: 77-year old Charles Stewart, Mr. Chapman, Sylvester Pennyf
Only living survivors of Washington's Canal Project see it made a national parkway. Washington, , Feb. 22. The abandoned Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, once running barges from Georgetown, , to Frederick, , a canal first directed by George Washington before Washington was thought of as a city, was today dedicated as a National Parkway under the Interior Department. Assistant Secretary of Interior, Oscar Chapman - center - talked to the only living locktenders of the canal while a barge was run through lock no. 1. Left to Right: 77-year old Charles Stewart, Mr. Chapman, Sylvester Pennyfield, 82 yrs. old, 2-22-39
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