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Civil War Map of Washington Aqueduct

Published October 31, 2014

Posted in GoDCers Love Maps
and tagged 1860s

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

1864 map of the Washington Aqueduct

Source: LIbrary of Congress

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For President, Abram Lincoln. For Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin

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