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Lockhouse 21, locally known as “Swains Lockhouse” after the family who inhabited it for years, will be the seventh lockhouse rehabilitated as part of the Canal Quarters program, a joint partnership between the C&O Canal Trust and the C&O Canal National Historical Park. The program has provided for the rehabilitation of six historic lockhouses located along the C&O Canal. Swains Lockhouse will be the seventh lockhouse to join the program, and the first rehabilitation undertaken since 2011. The lockhouse is in need of structural and architectural repairs. The Trust is partnering with the Friends of the Historic Great Falls Tavern and the C&O Canal Association to raise $100,000 for the rehabilitation of Swains Lockhouse. The C&O Canal Trust has committed to raising $75,000 of that amount. Visit www.canaltrust.org.