Cushwa Warehouse - Cushwa Basin
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Cushwa Warehouse - Cushwa Basin
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The striking red Cushwa Warehouse sits on the Cushwa Basin, creating a vivid reflection on the C&O Canal in Williamsport, Maryland. This is the Williamsport Visitor Center for the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
The Cushwa Coal and Brick Warehouse, built between 1790-1810, predates the C&O Canal. Sometime after the Canal opened, Victor Cushwa and his partner Charles Embry, purchased the warehouse. By the 1880s, Cushwa was the sole owner. The Cushwa Warehouse was used to store coal, brick, iron, cement, and plaster. It operated as a warehouse until the 1970s.
The Cushwa Turning Basin was one of the few places along the C&O Canal that canal boats could completely turn around. During the Canal's heyday, boatsmen would line their cargo boats along the Canal waiting to transfer cargo at the Cushwa Warehouse where they were able to pull right up to the warehouse doors to load or unload their cargo.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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October 10th, 2020
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