Address: 12333 Mummert Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
Address: 10911 Mc Coys Ferry Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
Address: Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Nice little campground right between the Potomac River and C&O Canal Tow Path. There's a boat launch here and vault toilet toilet too and the tow path is accessible via a ramp. There's a payment dropbox location but the box had been removed and no envelopes so free camping with tables and fire pits but no potable water. There were mosquitos. There's a one lane tunnel to get to the campground and you need to veer to the right at the fork as you enter from the main road.”
Address: Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Currently, the canal through the Four Locks cultural landscape is not watered and the locks, bypass flumes, boat basin, dry-dock and wasteweir no longer function as they did historically. The culverts remain in operation, although Culvert 140 (Mile 109.90) does not carry modern vehicular traffic. However, all the constructed water features remain in their original locations. The locks no longer have their wooden gates and or other wood components, but there is iron hardware, mostly located on top of the end coping stones, on many of them. Generally the stonework of the canal structures at Four Locks is intact. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: and Canal, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Decent site. Can't beat the free price. Was a little overgrown when we stayed. Just a warning for weekends: the West Virginians across the river like to get drunk and yell into the night. Best thing we did was stop at Fort Frederick state park beforehand. The history there is cool, plus they have showers on the outside of the bathrooms.”
Address: Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The Tice/Costlow Barn was built between 1860 and 1880 and is located northwest of the Stone/Hassett House and Lock 50. The property was owned by the Tice family from 1850 until 1898 (Wheelock 2007: 65-6). The building was a two-and-one-half story wood- framed bank barn with the familiar upper level overhang, a metal gabled roof and a stone foundation that is approximately 80 feet long by 50 feet wide. It had louvered windows and three air vents along the roof ridge. National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory, 2008”
Address: 11042 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Fantastic history and an excellent place to stay to get away. It's haunted too!”
Address: and Canal, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Lock 50, the last of the Four Locks, was constructed in 1838 with the same materials as the other three locks: blue-grey limestone, oak timber and iron. It had a lift of 8.25 feet and was approximately 101 feet long and 14.50 feet wide. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory Four Locks, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: 11042 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The Mule Barn is located about 200 feet from the Lockhouse. This building provided winter quarters (December - March) for the animals that canal boat owners rented or owned. There were stables on the first floor and hay storage upstairs in the loft. It is not clear whether the mule barn was privately owned and operated or run by the canal company. The two-story wood building was of post-and-beam, mortised-and-tenoned construction, with the second floor cantilevered out 5 feet 9 inches on the west elevation. The gabled roof had a shed continuation out over the cantilevered area. The exterior walls were sheathed in vertical rough-sawn boards of about one inch thickness and widths of 5 to 11 inches. The front west) elevation had three single doors, under the overhang, at ground level. The side (south) had a centered top-hinged door for loading hay into the loft. The loft had a louvered opening on both sides and one above the door in the gable end. The dimensions of the stone foundation were 24 feet wide by 35 feet long. National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory, 2008”
Address: 10935 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The Stone/Hassett/Baker House was built between 1840 and 1850 by John G. Stone on land he leased from the canal company. In 1860, Stone conveyed the lease to Thomas J. Hassett, whose family lived on the property until 1921 (Mastrangelo 1987:7). The building is a 2 ½-story frame house, with an ell. The ell had an addition, which had a dormer window. There are two chimneys; one in the ell and one in the main block. It has a metal roof, asbestos siding, and a covered porch on the south elevation and a 2-story covered porch on the west elevation. Further research is needed to determine when the ell and the porches were added. National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory, 2008”
Address: 11042 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The Four Locks Schoolhouse was constructed between 1859 and 1877. It was a one-and-one-half story, three bay, red-painted brick building with a gable roof and a central chimney. The architecture adheres to the typical form of brick schoolhouses in Washington County during the late nineteenth century. The building was 25 feet wide by 29 feet deep. It had a centered front door, one window on the front and rear elevations and two windows on each side elevation. It also had a wooden stoop on the front elevation at the door. The 1877 Washington County Atlas refers to this school as “School #8.” It was locally called Cedar Grove School and later Four Locks School. Current Condition The school house also had an enclosed porch added across the front end at one time but it has since been removed. It measured 17 feet by 6 feet, 6 inches. A circa 1965 concrete block addition on the north side, also since removed, measured 12 feet, 6 inches by 18 feet, 9 inches. After the school closed in 1943, it was converted into a residence and then purchased by the National Park Service in 1973. During 1990 – 1996, the school was stabilized and restored to its historic appearance by the NPS and is now used occasionally as an interpretive site. Due to the restoration efforts of the NPS, the building retains a high degree of integrity. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: 11181 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“Further research is needed to determine what the Mellot House looked like during the historic period. There appear to have been many changes made to the house over time. According to the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, the house was built in 1850. The last tenant in the house, a Mrs. Mellot, says that the house has been a residence since the 1800s, occupied by canal community families (AmDyne 2002:7). Further research is needed, but this house retains some integrity. Current Condition The Mellot house is a small two-story wood frame house that sits on a stone foundation (AmDyne 2002: 3). The house has 896 square feet of floor space. The attached open porch measures 6 feet by 16 feet, and the enclosed porch along the east side of the dwelling measures 7 feet x 20 feet. The exterior of the dwelling is frame construction with T-111 and asbestos shingle siding. There is a gable metal roof with aluminum gutters and downspouts (Bowers Appraisal Service Description 2002). National Park Service Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The construction of Lock 49 began in February 1837 and ended in June 1838 (Mastrangelo:1987: 3). As with the other locks in the project area, the materials of Lock 49 were blue-grey limestone, oak timbers and iron for the hardware. Not very long after this lock was built, the original wood and natural bedrock foundation deteriorated and was replaced by a small stone pier built under the stone wall. Lock 49 had a lift of 8.25 feet, was 15 feet wide and approximately 101 feet long. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The M. Byrne Company constructed Lock 48 of gray limestone between 1836 and 1838. It had a lift of 8 feet, 3 inches and was approximately 15 feet, 4 inches wide and 103 feet long. The lock possessed the standard components as described in the Lock 47 section. The structural components were of oak timbers and the hardware was made of iron. There is a distance of 206 feet from the top upper wing walls of Lock 47 to the lower end of the wingwalls of Lock 48. The lock was built over an active sinkhole, causing it to be rebuilt in 1870. Sometime after 1900, a six inch concrete topping was added to the towpath wall. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: 10935 4 Locks Rd, Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The Flory House was constructed circa 1880. Located across from Lock 49 on the towpath side, the house sits on a hill overlooking the canal. It was a two-story building with wood-siding, a metal gable roof and an exposed stone basement. Its overall dimensions were 24 feet by 30 feet. The house had a wood porch on the front and side elevations. The side porch was uncovered, but there was a roof over the front porch, shich was also elevated to accommodate the slope the house was built into. The date “August 10, 1883” is engraved in stone on the north side of the house, but the significance of this date has not been determined (Mastrangelo:9). Current Condition The house is structurally sound but is unoccupied and mothballed. However, there is evidence that animals have been able to access the building and may be causing damage to the interior. The wood siding is covered with deteriorating simulated-brick asphalt siding paper. The porch was removed sometime between 1979 and the late 1990s. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
Address: Clear Spring, MD 21722, USA
“The dry-dock at Lock 47 was constructed about 1852 by Thomas J. Hassett (Mastrangelo1987:10). It was used to repair canal boats. Located on the berm side of the bypass flume, the dry-dock ran parallel to both the lock and the flume. It had battered dry-laid stone sidewalls, with stop-plank slots at the lower end. The width of the dock at the top was 26 feet and 21 feet at the bottom. It was 103 feet long with an upper wall of a roughly-coursed limestone. Current Condition The dry-dock is now little more than a wide ditch. Little evidence of the side walls exist and it is filled with vegetation and silted in. There remains some stonework at the lower end. National Park Service, Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Four Locks Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 2008”
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