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The Chesapeake and Ohio Aqueduct was the largest of the eleven C&O aqueducts. Finished in 1833 under Principal Engineer Alfred Cruger, it was constructed of quartzite from Sugarloaf Mountain. It served until 1924, when commercial operations ceased after a flood, and it is administered by the National Park Service.
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