Breach on C & O Canal Towpath
09-12-08 | 05:16 AM
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Breach on C & O Canal Towpath
Since a number of posters are planning on riding this trail, here's some news on it:
https://www.nps.gov/choh/parknews/dam...stormhanna.htm
Hanna Leaves the C&O Canal with a Towpath Breech and Downed Trees
Potomac, MD A breech in the C&O Canal towpath and numerous downed trees are Tropical
Storm Hanna’s legacy at C&O Canal National Historical Park.
A 20 foot stretch of the towpath just upstream of Anglers collapsed during the storm.. “The
towpath between Anglers and Lock 15 above Widewater is impassable,” C&O Canal Superintendent
Kevin Brandt said today. “Visitors in this area should use the Berma Road to get around the break.”
It looks like I got in my tour just in time. Hanna ripped a 75 foot gap in the C & O Canal Towpath about milepost 12.5, just a little south of Great Falls. I don't know if this is the exact spot of the breech, but it's in this general area. To the right, off camera, is the Potomac.
It may be quite a while until the National Park Service fixes the towpath here. Fortunately, there's a relatively easy road detour already in place.
It may be quite a while until the National Park Service fixes the towpath here. Fortunately, there's a relatively easy road detour already in place.
Hanna Leaves the C&O Canal with a Towpath Breech and Downed Trees
Potomac, MD A breech in the C&O Canal towpath and numerous downed trees are Tropical
Storm Hanna’s legacy at C&O Canal National Historical Park.
A 20 foot stretch of the towpath just upstream of Anglers collapsed during the storm.. “The
towpath between Anglers and Lock 15 above Widewater is impassable,” C&O Canal Superintendent
Kevin Brandt said today. “Visitors in this area should use the Berma Road to get around the break.”
09-12-08 | 06:15 AM
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Thanks - I ride out there now and then and wasn't aware that Hanna damaged it. I'm surprised, I didn't think the weather was severe enough to cause such a breech.
