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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk

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C&O canal monument
C&O canal monument

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk is an 8-foot (2.4 m) marble obelisk erected in 1850 in Washington, D.C., to mark the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to Cumberland, Maryland. It stands on the northwest corner of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge over the canal in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, Washington Georgetown

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Monument

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail
20057 Washington, Georgetown
District of Columbia, United States
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