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Canal Place is a heritage area located in
Image:Canal_Place_Field,_Cumberland_MD.jpg, Large field at Canal place for gatherings.
Image:Canal_Place_museum_at_Cumberland_MD.jpg, Looking towards Western MD RR Station museum
Image:Shops_at_Canal_Place,_Cumberland_MD.jpg, Row of shops at Canal Place.
Image:The_Cumberland_(Boat)_at_Canal_Place,_Cumberland_MD.jpg, Replica, "The Cumberland", of a Canal boat at Canal place.
Image:Entrance_to_Canal_Place_Shops_at_Cumberland_MD.jpg, Entrance to the shops at Canal Place
Canal Place
- Official site
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
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Canal Place is a heritage area located in Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and comm ...
at the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland, Maryland. It replaced the Patowmack Canal ...
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Overview
The park includes the station plaza, a picnic area, a canal boat replica, a pedestrian bridge toGeorge Washington
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’s Headquarters (part of Fort Cumberland), picnic area, Shops at Canal Place, the Crescent Lawn Festival Grounds, and the Western Maryland Railway Station, which is on the National Register of Historic Places
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The Cumberland Visitor Center for the C&O Canal National Historical Park is located at Canal Place, and features interactive and educational displays about the history of the canal and the city of Cumberland. Exhibits tell the story of the canal's construction, cargo
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, mule
The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey, and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two ...
s, locks, and crew
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. The exhibit is operated by National Park Service
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and is located on the first floor of the railway station.
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (WMSR) is a heritage railway, heritage railroad based in Cumberland, Maryland, that operates passenger excursion trains and occasional freight trains using both Steam locomotive, steam and diesel locomotive, ...
offers rides on historic trains
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, and departs from the railway station.
"The Cumberland" is a full-size replica of a canal boat located in the Trestle Walk at Canal Place. During special events, costumed guides talk about the history of the canal and daily life aboard a canal boat. Visitors can tour the mule shed, hay house, and furnished Captain's cabin.
The Canal Place facilities are owned and managed by the Canal Place Preservation and Development Authority, an agency created by the State of Maryland
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in 1993.
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See also
* Downtown Cumberland Historic DistrictReferences
External links
Canal Place
- Official site
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Cumberland, Maryland Downtown Cumberland, Maryland Parks in Cumberland, MD-WV-PA Parks in Allegany County, Maryland Museums in Allegany County, Maryland Transportation museums in Maryland Canal museums in the United States National Park Service areas in Maryland Chesapeake and Ohio Canal