Canal Toll House, Washington, D.C.
Posted by: Rose Red
N 38° 53.515 W 077° 02.385
18S E 323098 N 4306760
The toll house was built at Lock B along the canal (1815) on the banks of the Tiber River.
Waymark Code: WM3PRW
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2008
Views: 96
According to the signboard and plaques, the toll house was built at Lock B along the canal (1815) on the banks of the Tiber River. The house sheltered the person who collected the tolls and kept records of commerce on the waterway. The canal extended along the line of Constitution Avenue and then south around the Capitol with branches leading to the Anacostia River and thus to the Potomac River.
The canal proved to be an expensive venture. The canals carried so little commerce that they were abandoned 30 years after construction. In the 1870s the long process of filling these canals began. The toll house remains today as the only remnant along the canal.