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I've never merged two pages before but this seems like a case where two separate articles might not be necessary. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal article has more information about the National Historical Park than this article does and it would be difficult to expand this article further without repeating much of the information that is already in the other article. Opinions? -- Nebular110 00:31, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I would like to merge the page together because the same information is practically on the main article with historical content included. This page seems rather redundant to me and I think that we could organize the main article about the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal better so that it would not be so cramped and only relevant info is included-- Mary.creel ( talk) 03:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)Mary.creel 3-30-2014
Wow, does it make the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal page LONG!!! (Which is long enough as it is). I'd put more of the park information over on this side, especially after 1932, just to get it a little smaller. I had meant to get some of the info from that page over to this one, but just hadn't gotten around to it. Bonnachoven ( talk) 20:07, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Disagree. The canal is separate from the park, and the pages reflect that separation. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal page covers the building and operation of a 19th century canal; with the exception of the small "Points of Interest" section at the end, the article effectively ends when the canal closed. The page about the park — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — describes how the park came to be and how it operates now in the 21st century. The two are very different: the canal had mules, boats, and ghosts while the park has hiking, campsites, and free greenspace. The two articles should remain as two. — Molly-in-md ( talk) 18:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
my suggestion is that we create museum cats for the various visitor centers, rather than the park as a whole... See Canal Place for an example. Thoughts? dm ( talk) 04:26, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Looks like today the NPS site links (especially historical stuff) is moved to http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/parkhistories_NEW.htm Will try to update links to that. Ll1324 ( talk) 21:50, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
The small map that accompanies Wikipedia's article on the park focuses on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The C & O Canal is actually entirely in the State of Maryland, other than the bit in the District of Columbia. No part of the canal is in Virginia. (There was actually a separate short canal connecting to Alexandria.) The Potomac River is also entirely in Maryland. 173.79.62.219 ( talk) 22:25, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Ampersand is used as an abbreviation — official name established by an Act of the United States Congress:
DCflyer ( talk) 05:04, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
DCflyer ( talk) 05:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Many statements cite Shaffer. But there's no detail of this reference or publication. In the section of references, there are only something like Shaffer p. 71, Shaffer p. 76, etc. IvesC ( talk) 20:35, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Shaffer is Donald R. Shaffer. "We are Again in the Midst of Trouble: Flooding on the Potomac River and the Struggle for the Sustainability of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1996" (PDF). [US Department of the Interior, National Park Service]. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
Also referenced in the C&O Canal article. Copied over citation to this article. Ll1324 ( talk) 20:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
I couldn't find any information about the Mule Bridge. Is this referring to a general mule bridge or a real bridge called Mule Bridge? Also, I guess "Widewater, MD" means the Widewater ( https://www.nps.gov/choh/learn/kidsyouth/widewater.htm) close to Lock 15 and is not a real city in Maryland? IvesC ( talk) 22:04, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
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I've never merged two pages before but this seems like a case where two separate articles might not be necessary. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal article has more information about the National Historical Park than this article does and it would be difficult to expand this article further without repeating much of the information that is already in the other article. Opinions? -- Nebular110 00:31, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
I would like to merge the page together because the same information is practically on the main article with historical content included. This page seems rather redundant to me and I think that we could organize the main article about the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal better so that it would not be so cramped and only relevant info is included-- Mary.creel ( talk) 03:55, 31 March 2014 (UTC)Mary.creel 3-30-2014
Wow, does it make the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal page LONG!!! (Which is long enough as it is). I'd put more of the park information over on this side, especially after 1932, just to get it a little smaller. I had meant to get some of the info from that page over to this one, but just hadn't gotten around to it. Bonnachoven ( talk) 20:07, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
Disagree. The canal is separate from the park, and the pages reflect that separation. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal page covers the building and operation of a 19th century canal; with the exception of the small "Points of Interest" section at the end, the article effectively ends when the canal closed. The page about the park — Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park — describes how the park came to be and how it operates now in the 21st century. The two are very different: the canal had mules, boats, and ghosts while the park has hiking, campsites, and free greenspace. The two articles should remain as two. — Molly-in-md ( talk) 18:40, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:16, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
my suggestion is that we create museum cats for the various visitor centers, rather than the park as a whole... See Canal Place for an example. Thoughts? dm ( talk) 04:26, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Looks like today the NPS site links (especially historical stuff) is moved to http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/parkhistories_NEW.htm Will try to update links to that. Ll1324 ( talk) 21:50, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
The small map that accompanies Wikipedia's article on the park focuses on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The C & O Canal is actually entirely in the State of Maryland, other than the bit in the District of Columbia. No part of the canal is in Virginia. (There was actually a separate short canal connecting to Alexandria.) The Potomac River is also entirely in Maryland. 173.79.62.219 ( talk) 22:25, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
Ampersand is used as an abbreviation — official name established by an Act of the United States Congress:
DCflyer ( talk) 05:04, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
DCflyer ( talk) 05:14, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Many statements cite Shaffer. But there's no detail of this reference or publication. In the section of references, there are only something like Shaffer p. 71, Shaffer p. 76, etc. IvesC ( talk) 20:35, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Shaffer is Donald R. Shaffer. "We are Again in the Midst of Trouble: Flooding on the Potomac River and the Struggle for the Sustainability of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1996" (PDF). [US Department of the Interior, National Park Service]. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
Also referenced in the C&O Canal article. Copied over citation to this article. Ll1324 ( talk) 20:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
I couldn't find any information about the Mule Bridge. Is this referring to a general mule bridge or a real bridge called Mule Bridge? Also, I guess "Widewater, MD" means the Widewater ( https://www.nps.gov/choh/learn/kidsyouth/widewater.htm) close to Lock 15 and is not a real city in Maryland? IvesC ( talk) 22:04, 5 April 2021 (UTC)