Paw Paw Tunnel

Paw Paw Tunnel

The Paw Paw Tunnel is a convert|3118|ft long canal tunnel in Maryland on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which was built to bypass the Paw-Paw bends on the Potomac River; a six mile stretch of the river containing five horseshoe bends. Though surpassed by many tunnels today, it remains one of the world's longest canal tunnels and was one of the greatest engineering feats of its day.

The nearby town of Paw Paw, West Virginia and the tunnel take their common name from the pawpaw trees that grow prolifically along nearby ridges.

ee also

* Paw Paw, West Virginia
* Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
* Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park


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