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December 23, 2014
A Look at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1909
Get a glimpse of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1909! View a photo of four boats crossing the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge owned by the Canal Towage Co. Learn more here.
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Here’s a great shot of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal in 1909.
View of four boats in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal lined up to cross the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge. The boats are owned by the Canal Towage Co. (misspelled “Towace). The postcard’s reverse is stamped “Sunday Magazine April 16,
1933
.”
Source:
Dig DC
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