Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 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
circa 1903
Subject Date
circa 1903
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.P.016566
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9.25 in
Inscriptions
In pencil on verso: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Md.
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