Near Spring Gap in Allegany County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Steam Pump

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

June 14, 2022

1. Steam Pump Marker

Inscription. The C&O Canal could be shut down by too much water...or too little. This steam pump maintained the water level during periods of drought. Foundation rubble is all that is left of the pump house that was built on this site in the 1870s. The original structure contained a brick boiler room and a wooden engine room. Steam from the boiler provided energy to run two pumps that pulled water from the Potomac River into a well. Water from the well spilled into a concrete flume that carried it across the towpath and into the canal.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 34.333′ N, 78° 43.65′ W. Marker is near Spring Gap, Maryland, in Allegany County. It can be reached from Wheeler Road Southeast. Marker is on the C&O Canal Towpath. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cumberland MD 21502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Baltimore Metro Region

and in Western

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Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pvt James D. Pollock (approx. 1.9 miles away); Sallie Pollock-Cook-High (approx. 1.9 miles away); Turner Ashby’s Attack (approx. 3 miles away); Fort Sellers (approx. 3.3 miles away in West Virginia); Jane Frazier (approx. 3.7 miles away); Wiley Ford Racing (approx. 4.1 miles away in West Virginia); West Virginia (Mineral County) / Maryland (approx. 4.2 miles away in West Virginia); St. Mary's Centennial Tree (approx. 4.9 miles away).

June 14, 2022

2. Steam Pump Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2022, by E. Hoo of Ferndale, Michigan. This page has been viewed 566 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 26, 2022. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.