- 1. What year was the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal completed?
A) 1800
B) 1789
C) 1845
D) 1829
- 2. What is the primary purpose of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) Hydroelectric power
B) Tourism
C) Fishing
D) Shipping
- 3. Which two bodies of water does the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal connect?
A) Potomac River and Atlantic Ocean
B) Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River
C) Susquehanna River and Delaware Bay
D) Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
- 4. Which town is located near the southern entrance of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) Newark
B) Dover
C) Salisbury
D) Chesapeake City
- 5. What is the total length of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) 20 miles
B) 25 miles
C) 14 miles
D) 10 miles
- 6. Which organization currently operates the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) U.S. Coast Guard
B) Delaware Transportation Authority
C) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
D) National Park Service
- 7. Which animals are commonly found in the waters of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) Fish
B) Wolves
C) Lions
D) Bears
- 8. What significant feature does the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal include to manage water levels?
A) Gates
B) Dams
C) Locks
D) Weirs
- 9. What type of shipping traffic primarily uses the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) Recreational fishing boats
B) Commercial
C) Military
D) Pleasure craft
- 10. How deep is the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) 55 feet
B) 25 feet
C) 35 feet
D) 45 feet
- 11. In which states is the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal located?
A) North Carolina and South Carolina
B) Delaware and Maryland
C) Virginia and Pennsylvania
D) New Jersey and New York
- 12. Who observed that the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay were separated by a narrow strip of land?
A) Thomas Gilpin, Sr.
B) Augustine Herman
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Joseph Tatnall
- 13. In what year was the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company incorporated?
A) 1802
B) 1764
C) 1829
D) 1788
- 14. Who was the president of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company when it was incorporated?
A) Thomas Gilpin, Sr.
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Joseph Tatnall
D) Augustine Herman
- 15. Who began the construction of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in 1804?
A) Augustine Herman
B) Benjamin Latrobe
C) Joseph Tatnall
D) Thomas Gilpin, Sr.
- 16. What was the construction cost of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal in 1829?
A) $5 million
B) $4 million
C) $3.5 million
D) $2 million
- 17. What is located at the project office in Chesapeake City, Maryland?
A) Delaware State Capitol
B) Philadelphia Art Museum
C) C&D Canal Museum and Bethel Bridge Lighthouse
D) Maryland Historical Society
- 18. What is the unofficial northern limit to the Delmarva Peninsula marked by the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) The Potomac River
B) The canal itself
C) The Mason-Dixon Line
D) The Susquehanna River
- 19. In what year was the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company reorganized?
A) 1830
B) 1824
C) 1826
D) 1822
- 20. Which state invested $100,000 in stock for the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) New Jersey
B) Maryland
C) Pennsylvania
D) Delaware
- 21. How many locks were recommended for the new canal route by the engineer officers?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Six
- 22. In what year did canal construction resume?
A) 1826
B) 1830
C) 1824
D) 1828
- 23. How many men were involved in the canal's construction at its peak?
A) 4,500
B) 1,500
C) Some 2,600
D) 3,000
- 24. What was the average daily wage for laborers working on the canal construction?
A) $1.25
B) 75 cents
C) $1.00
D) 50 cents
- 25. Who was fired as the canal's chief engineer in 1825?
A) Benjamin Wright
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) James Buchanan
D) John Randel Jr.
- 26. What amount did a jury award John Randel Jr. for breach of contract in 1834?
A) $100,000
B) $300,000
C) $150,000
D) $226,885.84
- 27. What was the equivalent value of John Randel Jr.'s award in 2025?
A) $8,500,000
B) $7,317,068
C) $10,000,000
D) $5,000,000
- 28. Which court affirmed the award to John Randel Jr.?
A) Maryland State Court
B) United States Supreme Court
C) Pennsylvania State Court
D) Delaware State Court
- 29. What was one of the main cargoes transported through the canal?
A) Steel
B) Coal
C) Plastic
D) Rubber
- 30. Which line operated between Baltimore and Philadelphia in the 1940s?
A) The Bay Line
B) The Chesapeake Line
C) The Delaware Line
D) The Ericsson Line
- 31. What was the cargo tonnage peak year for the canal?
A) 1850
B) 1872
C) 1905
D) 1899
- 32. How many lighthouses warned vessels on the canal route?
A) Twelve
B) At least six
C) Nine
D) Three
- 33. What color were the lanterns mounted atop the wooden lighthouses along the canal?
A) Green
B) Blue
C) Red
D) White
- 34. In what year did the Ericsson Line convert to passenger boats?
A) 1888
B) 1899
C) 1876
D) 1865
- 35. How many staterooms were built into ships after the Ericsson Line converted to passenger service?
A) Thirty to forty
B) Seventy to eighty
C) Ninety to one hundred
D) Fifty to sixty
- 36. Where was the first Ericsson ship built?
A) Reanie & Neafie's shipyard in Philadelphia
B) New York Shipbuilding Corporation
C) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
D) Bethlehem Steel Shipyard
- 37. What was installed in 1837 to raise water from Back Creek?
A) A hydroelectric generator
B) A solar panel system
C) A windmill
D) A steam operated pump
- 38. How many horsepower did each steam engine have that was used to lift water into the canal?
A) 250 horsepower
B) 150 horsepower
C) 200 horsepower
D) 100 horsepower
- 39. What year did President Theodore Roosevelt appoint a commission regarding the canal?
A) 1923
B) 1915
C) 1899
D) 1906
- 40. In what year did the federal government purchase the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal?
A) 1927
B) 1933
C) 1954
D) 1919
- 41. When did the 'new' canal officially open?
A) 1968
B) 1933
C) May 1927
D) 1954
- 42. How many ships collided with bridges between 1938 and 1950?
A) Eight
B) Five
C) Twelve
D) Ten
- 43. In what year did the U.S. Congress authorize further expansion of the canal's channel dimensions?
A) 1968
B) 1927
C) 1954
D) 1975
- 44. When was the new railroad lift bridge, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Lift Bridge, completed?
A) 1975
B) 1954
C) 1940s
D) 1966
- 45. When was the work of the patrol boats retired?
A) May 1927
B) 1933
C) 1975
D) November 19, 1968
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