Seneca Aqueduct, Maryland

BBC TravelSep 20

What it's like to sleep along Maryland's 200-year-old canal, one lock-keeper house at a time

The C&O Canal was a thriving 19th-Century waterway, and a strategic asset during the Civil War. Today, its historic lockhouses offer overnight guests a unique way to relive US history.

Water-filled bridge carrying canal over Seneca Creek.

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Canal Quarters lockhousesHotelEight lockhouses available for overnight stays.
Lockhouse 10HotelFurnished to evoke the late 1930s.
Mather GorgeSightA steep, razor-narrow chasm on the Potomac River.
Lockhouse 21HotelOutfitted to recall 1916, the canal's twilight era.
Lockhouse 22HotelClosest to living like 19th-century lock-keepers; no electricity.
Seneca AqueductSightWater-filled bridge carrying canal over Seneca Creek.
Elsewhere
C&O Canal TowpathTrailWashington DC, United StatesRecreational trail running beside the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
GeorgetownNeighborhoodWashington DC, United StatesWashington DC's cobblestoned 18th-Century neighborhood.
Old Angler's InnRestaurantPotomac, United StatesOffers burgers and jugs of water for towpath users.
Great Falls Tavern Visitor CenterMuseumPotomac, United StatesA former lockhouse turned visitor center.

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What it's like to sleep along Maryland's 200-year-old canal, one lock-keeper house at a time