Monday, November 19, 2012
The Georgetown will not be removed and demolished until mid-December.
The Georgetown canal boat received a one-month reprieve from its planned demolition thanks to an odd source: Superstorm Sandy. The boat will not be moved until some time in mid-December; its demolition at Fletcher's Cove was previously scheduled to take place around Thanksgiving. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. Though the D.C. region was relatively spared Sandy's damage and destruction that walloped New York and New Jersey, the National Park Service National Capital Region was affected by the storm's aftermath, according to Brian Carlstrom, the deputy superintendent for the C&O Canal. Four staff members, who would have been involved in transporting and demolishing the …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
When The Georgetown is towed away later this fall, the canal in Georgetown will be boatless.
The Georgetown C&O Canal Boat will be towed away from Georgetown some time in November before Thanksgiving, but there is no replica replacement boat in the works. The National Park Service plans to begin a motorized launch program in Georgetown next spring. There is no fundraising campaign to secure a new mule-drawn boat. When a supporter of The Georgetown wooden replica boat saw a notice for a fundraiser being held by The Canal Trust in October, he told Patch he felt "snubbed." Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. The Canal Trust is holding a fundraiser, Park in the Dark, on Oct. 13, which costs $150 a head. The proceeds this year "will support improvements in the park and the…
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Logistical challenges in transporting the aging boat have delayed its departure from Georgetown.
One day this fall a team of mules will tow The Georgetown canal boat along the C&O Canal towards Fletcher's Cove, where the boat will be demolished. The National Park Service, which operates the C&O Canal and its historic outreach programs, determined that repairs to the mule-drawn 1870's replica boat would be "cost prohibitive." Since making that determination, the challenge has been to determine how exactly to move the vessel. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. Brian Carlstrom, the deputy superintendent for the NPS's C&O Canal, said the bids from companies that would have used a crane to lift the boat from its dry dock all came in "far too expensive." "We would have liked …
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Shaun Courtney
10:50 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Thanks, Mary Jo. We're happy to let people know about what sounds like a great event! -Shaun more ›