Albemarel and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake (Independent city), Virginia. County/parish: Chesapeake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 11, 2004. NRIS 04000035.
8 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.
The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal was built by a corporation in 1856–1860 to afford inland navigation between the Chesapeake Bay and the Albemarle Sound. It comprises two canals that are 30 miles (48 km) apart, one 8+1⁄2 mi (13.7 km) long between the Elizabeth River and the North Landing River in Virginia, and the other 5+1⁄2 mi (8.9 km) long between Currituck Sound and the North River in North Carolina.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680137