Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company

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Formed in 1802 to dig a canal across the Delmarva Peninsula to join the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. Engineering surveys were done by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and work actually began but the company ran out of money and abandoned the project in late 1805. In 1822 the company was revived and a canal was completed which opened in 1829. In 1919 the canal, which ran from Delaware City, Del., to Chesapeake City, Md., was purchased by the federal government.

From the description of Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company records, 1792-1919. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 82154315
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referencedIn Bayard family. Bayard family papers, 1762-1931. Historical Society of Delaware
referencedIn Hagley Museum. Research reports, 1953-1978. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Records, 1803-1919. Salem County Historical Society
referencedIn Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. Preliminary survey for the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1799 [microform]. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Kane Family Papers, 1745-1955 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company records, 1792-1919. Historical Society of Delaware
referencedIn Historic American Engineering Record. Records of Delaware sites, 1975. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Papers of James Maury University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858. Legal papers, 1824-1919. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Memorandum book, 1827-1828. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Burd, Eliza Howard Simms, 1793-1860. Account book, 1850-1860. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Hagley Museum and Library. Regional Economic History Research Center. Map project data files, Transportation in the Middle Atlantic States, 1750-1860. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854. Letterbooks, 1788-1853 [microform]. Hagley Museum & Library
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associatedWith Cope, Thomas P. (Thomas Pim), 1768-1854. person
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associatedWith Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858. person
associatedWith Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. person
associatedWith Maury, James, 1746-1840. person
associatedWith Randel, John person
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