Chesapeake City and the C&D Canal

Very old Chesapeake City lock – west view, circa 1850. Note bare ground, lack of trees.

Lock and the toll house. Henry Norris collected the tolls for the canal company. Joseph Schaefer’s ship’s chandlery was at top right, with Back Creek in the distance.

Henry Norris and his wife in retirement. They lived on the corner of George Street and 4th street, at the site of the current parking lot of Foard’s funeral home