Talk:Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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ummm, the original spelling is "Potowmac". shouldn't it be changed back? --20.4.32.144 16:18, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Perhaps you are thinking of the Patowmack Canal which is a different canal altogether. Henryhartley 16:05, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
Nope, according to Mike High's excellent book about the canal and the towpath, the proper name is "Potowmac Compony"
These articles could be merged --Mrath 04:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
I support keeping thes entry and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park separate for the following reasons. Parks may come and go, but the history of the canal is independent of the park. The range of the canal geographically exceeds the scope of the park. Canals fit into the transportation sector, while parks and National Parks, Seashores etc are part of the recreation industry. There will be interest in collating canal entries separate from park entries, and the topic of parks deserves its own focus. Sorry, too busy right now to fined my username. The Illinios-Michigan canal, for example, has a history closely tied to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (I'm a midwesterner) but they hvae no overlapping geography. (On the otherhand, I am an outsider.) I would suggest moving the section about the National Park and the 1938 ff era to the Park entry. The Canal entry that remains might benefit from some expansion on Washington's influence on the transportation inustry and what modes replaced the canal. (He, Hamilton and Patterson had the vision to propose industrial canals for what is now Patterson, NJ, and thereby created the locus of the American Industrial Revolution.) Cheers! poocherino@ameritech.net if anyone has questions. Sorry, too busy to find my username:pasword.
- Good points. I was leaning towards not merging them anyways, just wanted to get a few opinions. I'm going to remove the merge templates, there will just have to be some repeated information between the two articles. --Nebular110 20:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Brunswick, et.al.
Brunswick is in MD, not VA. Poolesville, Sharpsburg, and Little Orleans are also in MD.
- I'm not sure why you didn't just fix them. Anyway, you are correct and I've made the changes.
- Henryhartley 13:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
