Monocacy Aqueduct
Address is taken from a point 535 yards away.
Monocacy Aqueduct carries the road from Wokingham to Southford over the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
The Act of Parliament for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was passed on January 1 1888 and 17 thousand shares were sold the same day. Expectations for coal traffic to Newbury never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In 1990 the canal became famous when John Edwards swam through Wolverhampton Embankment in 17 minutes live on television.
There is a small aqueduct or underbridge here which takes a river under the canal.
| Weverton Lock No 31 | 16.20 miles | |
| Brunswick Lock No 30 | 13.03 miles | |
| Catoctin Aqueduct | 9.53 miles | |
| Lander Lock No 29 | 8.83 miles | |
| Fulton's Lock No 28 | 6.90 miles | |
| Monocacy Aqueduct | ||
| Spink's Ferry Lock No 27 | 0.67 miles | |
| Wood's Lock No 26 | 2.81 miles | |
| Broad Run Trunk Aqueduct | 10.86 miles | |
| Edward's Ferry Lock No 25 | 12.03 miles | |
| Goose Creek River Lock junction | 12.27 miles | |
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The Monocacy Aqueduct — or C&O Canal Aqueduct No. 2 — is the largest aqueduct on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, crossing the Monocacy River just before it empties into the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland, USA. The 438 foot (133.5 m) aqueduct was built by three separate contractors between 1829 and 1833 at a cost of US$127,900.