Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
United States historic place in Chesapeake City, Maryland. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Old Lock Pump House on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal was one of the first National Historic Landmarks to recognize an engineering achievement rather than an important building or a place associated with an historic event. The pump house, whose first element was built in 1837, preserves a feature of the old canal, which relied on locks and pumps to move vessels over the low divide of the Delmarva Peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. Because there are no large rivers on the peninsula, water had to be pumped uphill to fill the upper canal and locks. When the canal was cut deeper in the twentieth century, such measures were no longer required, and the pump house is one of the last relics of the old canal.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | U.S. 213, Chesapeake City, MD |
| County | Cecil County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000390 |
| Type of place | building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 5 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | U.S. 213, Chesapeake City, MD |
| Coordinates | 39.52717, -75.80649 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | First State National Historical Park · 25 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000390. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.