Canal Boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, 1903
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President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1903
Creators
Glover, L. S. (Lycurgus S.), 1858-1935
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photographed by Lycurgus S. Glover. Published by Detroit Photographic Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.015229
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Mammoth plate
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 17 in
Width: 21.5 in
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