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THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL
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five miles and one thousand two hundred and eighty yards long, to be crossed by a tunnel four miles and eighty yards long and a deep cut the remaining distance.
The summary of the Middle Section reads:
| Distance | Ascent and descent |
Number of locks |
Estimated cost | ||
| miles | yds. | ||||
| Eastern Portion | 29 | 240 | 1325 | 166 | $3,856,623.60 |
| Summit Level | 5 | 1280 | 3,471,967.01 | ||
| Western Portion | 35 | 1250 | 636 | 80 | 2,699,532.25 |
| 70 | 1010 | 1961 | 246 | 10,028,122.86 | |
The Western Section began four hundred and forty yards below the junction of Casselman's River with the Youghiogheny and extended to Pittsburg on the Ohio River. The canal was planned on the right bank of the Youghiogheny and Monongahela Rivers, and was divided into four subdivisions:
| Termini | Miles | Descent (feet) |
| Western end of Middle Section to Connellsville | 27½ | 432 |
| Connellsville to Sewickly Creek | 27¼ | 144 |
| Sewickly Creek to mouth of Youghiogheny | 16½ | 8 |
| Mouth of Youghiogheny to Pittsburg | 14 | 35 |
