Exploring the Washington Aqueduct with a Civil War-Era Map

Published October 31, 2014

Check out this amazing Civil War-era map of the Washington Aqueduct. See how the Aqueduct and the C&O Canal looked in 1864. Source: Library of Congress.

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This is a terrific old map from the Civil War, showing the Washington Aqueduct and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.

Source: LIbrary of Congress

Posted in GoDCers Love Maps
and tagged 1860s

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