Aqueduct - Audio Tour

The Aqueduct on the Roanoke Canal Trail is one of the best preserved examples of early 19th century canal architecture. The stone aqueduct was designed by British civil engineer Hamilton Fulton, and spanned 35 feet in a single arch. It’s primary purpose was to carry the canal over Chockoyotte Creek. It was later deepened and widened to accommodate the progression of the railroad and construction of a power plant located behind Grist Mill. It finally ceased operation in 1855, following the Civil War. William Troute of the American Canal Society once boasted that this Aqueduct alone could make North Carolina a significant old canal state. The aqueduct is best viewed from the observation deck on the south side.