Friends of Historic Great Falls Tavern

National Park Service approves plan to repair, raise and resurface towpath

Monday, April 15, 2019

The National Park Service (NPS) has approved a plan to stabilize a historic stone wall and raise parts of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal) towpath, move it farther from the Potomac River and resurface it. The improvements will be made between McMahon’s Mill (milepost 88.1) and Lock 42 (milepost 89.0) in Washington County, Md. (more)