Canal Load & Navigation Data

CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was navigable, during the past year, only about six months, yet the descending tonnage reached 151,369 tons, and the ascending tonnage to 16,226 tons– total tonnage 167,595 tons. The tolls collected for the year amounted to $92,248,90. The National Intelligencer says the following are some of the leading articles transported upon the canal during the year:

Descending– Flour: 267,550 bbls; wheat 382,200 bushels; corn 190,200 do.; coal 63,289 do.; coke 2,346 do.; whiskey 2,700 bbls.; mill offal 83,200 bushels; lumber 2,640 tons; fire wood 4,308 cords; tanner’s bark 679 do.; limestone 10,260 perch; rough stone 20,136 do.

Ascending– Fish 455 tons; hardware 199 do.; groceries 402 do.; salt 2,851 do.; lumber 1,484 do.; plaster 5,489 do; manures, as guano, &c., 1,325 do.